Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pack-road.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.

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  • noun A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.

Etymologies

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pack +‎ way

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Examples

  • Eynsham meadows and forming a noble gate to the University town for those who approached it from the west by the packway, of which traces still remain, and over the bridges which the Conqueror had built.

    The Historic Thames Hilaire Belloc 1911

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