noun
- strong thread or twine used for tying up packages
Examples
- She wrapped the parcel with brown paper and secured it with packthread.
- The old-fashioned store still used packthread to tie up customers’ purchases.
- He cut a length of packthread to bundle the newspapers together.
- The package was bound tightly with rough packthread.
- Packthread was commonly used before plastic ties became popular.
- The merchant wound packthread around the cloth bundle.