ˈpack-ˌneedle
Forms: see pack and needle.
[f. pack n.1 + needle; cf. Ger. packnadel, Du. paknaald (Kilian packnaelde).]
A large strong needle used for sewing up packages in stout cloth.
| 1327 Wardrobe Acc. 20 Edw. II 26/10 Unus penner cum paknedlis. 1341 [see packthread]. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 126, I..Brochede hem with a pak-neelde [v.rr. pacneld, pakke nedle]. 1545 Rates Customs c ij b, Packenedels the thousand iiis. iiiid. 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. x. xxiv. (1678) 255 A long thick Triangular needle of a good length like to a large Pack-needle. 1736 Amyand in Phil. Trans. XXXIX. 337 Thrusting close to the Bone a Pack-Needle armed with a strong Packthread. 1866 Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 551 Sacks were made in the house, and pack-needles and thread were bought for the purpose. |