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Packsaddle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A saddle on which loads can be secured.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal.

n. A saddle to which loads can be attached.

See under 2d pack.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The saddle of a pack-animal, made to be loaded with packs or burdens, and furnished with straps, hooks, and rings sewed to it for securing the packs.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached

Word Usage

"The more civilised make up of canvass or "gunny bags" stuffed with hay and provided with cross bars, a rude packsaddle, which is admirably calculated to gall the animal's back."

Equivalent

pack thread

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

saddle

Variant

pack

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

saddle Ba aparejo obsolete qualifier

Same Context

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