packthread

[ pak-thred ]

/ ˈpækˌθrɛd /

a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.

Origin of packthread

First recorded in 1300–50, packthread is from the Middle English word pakthrede. See pack¹, thread

pack·thread·ed, adjective

So he can go with his Skylarks, they may wear sackcloth for pinafores, and packthread for garters.

Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures |Anonymous
Now, if we could get rid of the bonds of self first, we could snap the other fetters like packthread.

Piccadilly |Laurence Oliphant
I thought so too, and grew the warmer at being unable to find a wisp of osier or a roll of packthread in the house.

Imaginary Conversations and Poems |Walter Savage Landor
The barbed-wire obstructions before the German positions were cut like packthread.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) |Various

Well, Sir, that imp there winds her round her finger like a piece of packthread.

Luttrell Of Arran |Charles James Lever

packthread

/ (ˈpækˌθrɛd) /

a strong twine for sewing or tying up packages