Packload
/ˈpæk.loʊd/noun
A load or quantity of goods carried by a pack animal or person.
Did you know?The word preserves an age when transport was measured not by vehicles or containers, but by the carrying capacity of animals and human backs.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*pakka- + *laidō
“Bundle or baggage combined with a way, journey, or carried burden”
Old English
Old English
pæc + lā(d)
“Pack or bundle combined with a load, journey, or means of conveyance”
Middle English
Middle English
pak + lode
“A bundle or burden carried from place to place”
16th–17th Century
English
pack-load
“A load carried by a pack animal or porter”
Modern English
English
packload
“A quantity of goods carried as one pack or burden”