pack-needlen.
/ˈpakˌniːdl/, U.S. /ˈpækˌnid(ə)l/ A large strong needle of a type originally used to sew up packs made of tough material.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > packing, stuffing, or filling equipment > packing-needle
pack-needle1327
bat-needle1578
packing needle1597
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > needle > types of
pack-needle1327
packing needle1597
Whitechapel needle1737
quadrille1818
blunt1833
sharps1834
darning-needle1848
between1849
ground-down1862
straw1862
darner1882
wool-needle1882
stocking needle1886
swing needle1954
1327 Wardrobe Acct. 20 Edw. II 26/10 Unus penner cum paknedlis.
1343 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 542 (MED) In Paknedel et Paktrede emp. pro lana pakkanda, 8 d.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 126 I..Brochide hem wiþ a pakke nedle [v.rr. pak neelde, pacneld; bat nedil, betyng nedyl, prikede nedele].
1474–5 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 152 (MED) On freday nexst afore Candelmas day for packenedull and threde, j d.
1545 Rates Custome House sig. cijv Packenedels the thousand iii.s. iiii.d.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. x. xxiv. 382 A long thicke Triangular needle of a good length like to a large Pack-needle.
1689 A. Behn Hist. Nun 136 She..taking the Pack-needle with the Thread, sew'd the Sack, with several strong Stitches, to the Coller of Villenoys's Coat.
1738 Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 337 Thrusting close to the Bone a Pack-Needle armed with a strong Packthread.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 551 Sacks were made in the house, and pack-needles and thread were bought for the purpose.
1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 114 I..put nine stitches in his [sc. the dog's] side with a pack-needle and string... He recovered..from both the wound and the bush surgery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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