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Pack animal   /pæk ˈænəməl/   Listen
noun
Pack  n.  
1.
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
2.
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack of sorrows." "A pack of blessings." Note: "In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs."
3.
A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies; specifically:
(a)
A full set of playing cards; a deck; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
(b)
A number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together; as, a wolf pack.
(c)
A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
(d)
A shook of cask staves.
(e)
A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
4.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
5.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
6.
A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. (Obs.)
7.
(Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.
8.
(Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.
Pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs.
Pack and prime road or Pack and prime way, a pack road or bridle way.
Pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales.
Pack horse. See Pack animal (above).
Pack ice. See def. 4, above.
Pack moth (Zool.), a small moth (Anacampsis sarcitella) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics.
Pack needle, a needle for sewing with pack thread.
Pack saddle, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal.
Pack staff, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff.
Pack train (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.





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"Pack animal" Quotes from Famous Books



... horses, a pack animal, and five good lion dogs. On the trail to the Ventana Mountains we came across lion tracks and followed them for a day, then lost them; but we knew that a large male and young female were ranging over the country. Their circuit extended over a radius of ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope
... again, taking the pack animal with him. He had had the audacity to come back after his loot—and had got some of ...
— Brand Blotters • William MacLeod Raine
... journey's end. This was to pay for their grub and use of tents and wagons. These men were also to help drive and care for the stock, doing their share of camp and guard duty. There were others travelling with a single pack animal, loaded with their outfits and provisions. These men always travelled on foot. Then there were some with hand-carts, others with wheelbarrows, trudging along and making good time. Occasionally we would see a man with a pack like a knapsack ...
— In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 • Gilbert L. Cole
... two saddle horses, a pack animal, and five good lion dogs. On the trail to the Ventana Mountains we came across lion tracks and followed them for a day, then lost them; but we knew that a large male and young female were ranging ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope
... horses for you and your companion, besides yonder pack animal; for I guessed whereabouts I should find you, though I thought you would have made better progress than you have done, and I did not expect to come upon your trail for another ...
— The Frontier Fort - Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America • W. H. G. Kingston


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