Noun
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
pack-train
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