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Definition of Pack animal
1. Noun. An animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads.
Definition of Pack animal
1. Noun. A domesticated animal used to carry heavy items. ¹
2. Noun. A wild animal that lives and hunts in packs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pack Animal
Literary usage of Pack animal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Domesticated Animals: Their Relation to Man and to His Advancement in by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1895)
"Domestication of the Horse.—How begun.—Use as a pack animal.—For War.—Peculiar
Advantages of the Animal for Use of Men. ..."
2. Camping and Camp Outfits: A Manual of Instruction for Young and Old Sportsmen by George O. Shields (1889)
"The first thing necessary for packing is a pack- animal of some description.
Whether it shall be a mule, burro, or horse, is a question which many must ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"Only in very early times was it used in war, except as a pack animal (II Kings vii.
7, 10; but cf. ... In patriarchal tunes it was a pack animal (Gen. xiii. ..."
4. Combined Infantry and Cavalry Drill Regulations for Automatic Machine Rifle by United States War Dept, United States War Dept. General Staff (1917)
"In harnessing and unharnessing they work in pairs, one on each side of the pack
animal. A quiet, well-trained animal is assigned to two recruits, ..."
5. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"n On account of the peculiar build of kM,!ilf he i« a superior pack-animal to
the There are from 91 to 130 draught required for a ..."
6. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"generally with off or away. pack animal. An animal used in carrying ... A saddle
made for supporting the load on a pack animal. pack'thread' (-tared'), n. ..."
7. New Ideas for Out of Doors: The Field and Forest Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1906)
"The next thing in order is to tell how to secure the dunnage on a pack animal's
back. In the first place the pack animal should be blindfolded. ..."
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