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Definition of Packway
1. n. A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
Definition of Packway
1. Noun. A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Packway
1. a narrow path for packhorses [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Packway
Literary usage of Packway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"A gate on a packway, which often lies through inclosed grounds. ... packway.
A narrow way by which goods could be conveyed only on pack-horses ; now a foot ..."
2. The History of Framlingham, in the County of Suffolk: Including Brief by Robert Hawes, Robert Loder (1798)
"... towards the South, and upon the packway towards the North. 3A. OR. op. ...
and packway towards the Eaft, ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1890)
"This way is described as the packway, between Wangford Cross and Wangford Green.
No better arrangement could be made for a good rest before descending what ..."
4. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1826)
"... of which such a tale may b« told, cannot be a pleasant residence. Tbe only
road through the town is a packway, for carriage-road there is none. ..."
5. A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law: For the Use of Students by Archibald Brown (1880)
"... called also a packway ; (3.) Fía, ie, a cartway (including foot Ways are either
public or private, the former being open to all the king's subjects, ..."
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