packing : Idioms & Phrases


Cherd packing

  • (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. Waddell.
Webster 1913

Packing box

  • noun a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal
    stuffing box.
  • noun a large crate in which goods are packed for shipment or storage
    packing case.
WordNet
  • a stuffing box. See under Stuffing.
Webster 1913

Packing press

  • a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc.
Webster 1913

Packing ring

  • . See Packing, 2 (c), and Illust. of Piston.
Webster 1913

Packing sheet

  • . (a) A large cloth for packing goods . (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
Webster 1913