Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PACKET, n. Also packart. A pannier, a load-saddle (Abd. 1825 Jam.).Abd. 1738 Monymusk Papers (S.H.S.) 12:
One pair of Curricks, 6 shillings Scots. One pair of Packets, 2 shillings Scots.Abd. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XIII. 86:
Carts . . . are now generally used instead of creels and packets and curracks.Bnff. 1902 J. Grant Agric. 150 Years Ago 11:
For more extended travelling there were attached, . . . packets, made of wooden rungs.Mry. 1921 T.S.D.C.:
Packart. A saddle made of birch wands fitted on the back of a pony on each side of which peats could be built up and carried.
