Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pack train

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: pack- -train
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A procession of beasts of burden, such as horses or mules, laden with freight.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Shortly after six, our pack train arrived. […] We had nineteen serving men and twenty-six pack mules! It was a perfect caravan."
"Here they met a pack-train of burros that came down the mountain trail."
"In Italy's rugged mountains, mules and horses can go where a jeep can not go. […] Each pack train has its own veterinarian to give first aid."
"Muybridge […] would travel through the Western landscape with as many as four assistants and a pack train to carry his glass negatives and chemical preparations and cameras."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

pack trains (plural) pack-train (alternative) packtrain (alternative)

Phrases

pack animal

Frequently Paired Words

pack animal

Questions

What does pack train mean?: A procession of beasts of burden, such as horses or mules, laden with freight.

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