pacton

[< Cdn F paqueton small pack]

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a small pack of personal belongings rigged for carrying on the back.

1744

[Il prit son paqueton et tout son drigail et fricassa le camp.]

1828

[There were] the usual "agrès" for the canoes, besides the men's own pactons.

1860

Du Roy . . . hung the while on his back, while fastening the broad band of the "paqueton" round his head. . . .

1944

Each spring, the food supplies, gathered in Montreal, filled the packs (called paquetons) in the large birch-bark canoes.

2n.

a pack of goods or furs weighing about 90 pounds.

See: piece(def. 1),pack ((n.))(def. 1a)

1804

Sent 6 pactons of furs containing kitts, 57 wolves, 4 foxes, 7 beavers, 5 bags of corn and a horse.

1806

Grand Noir brought me a paqueton of beavers to induce me to show charity to his son-in-law.

1827

Embark . . . taking with us all the furs at this place, say 7 Packtons.