DCHP-3

packing

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the transport of goods on the backs of men or animals.

See: pack ((v.))(def. 2),pack in

Quotations

1859
Packing, which has gone along steadily all the time, amounts to about 25 cts. per lb. to Fraser, which nothing but competition can reduce, the present number of working animals there not exceeding 50 in all.
1914
This was my first experience of packing with dogs, and the amount of weight they were able to carry fairly astonished me.