packing : Idioms & Phrases

• (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

• 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

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

Webster 1913

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

Webster 1913

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

Webster 1913