pack train

Noun

Meaning

pack train (plural pack trains)

(dated) A procession of beasts of burden, such as horses or mules, laden with freight.

pack-train (plural pack-trains)

Alternative form of pack train

Alternative names

pack-train

Synonyms

Examples

Growing Native attacks around Weir Ridge forced all seven companies to return to the bluff before the pack train, with the ammunition, had moved even a quarter mile. Source: Internet

Hardin (1994), p. 62. On November 26, Burleson received word that a Mexican pack train of mules and horses, accompanied by 50–100 Mexican soldiers, was within convert of Béxar. Source: Internet

Finally, Custer may have assumed that in the event of his encountering Native Americans, his subordinate Benteen with the pack train would quickly come to his aid. Source: Internet

The other entrenched companies eventually followed Weir by assigned battalions, first Benteen, then Reno, and finally the pack train. Source: Internet

The 12th, Company B under Capt. Thomas McDougall, had been assigned to escort the slower pack train carrying provisions and additional ammunition. Source: Internet

Their detachments were reinforced by McDougall's Company B and the pack train. Source: Internet

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