Results for packet

Definitions of packet:

part of speech: noun

A small package: a despatch vessel, so called from its carrying the packets of letters: a vessel plying regularly between ports.

part of speech: noun

A small pack or parcel of loose papers or letters; a vessel regularly sailing between two or more ports for the conveyance of letters, passengers, and light goods; also called a packet- boat or packet- ship.

part of speech: noun

A small bundle or parcel; a vessel sailing between two or more ports at regular periods, and carrying passengers. Mails, and merchandise.

part of speech: verb transitive

To bind in a packet or parcel.

Usage examples for packet:

• Lady Ingleby called her your 'surprise packet "The Rosary", Florence L. Barclay

• " I shall take this packet to Lord Chelsford," I said. "The Betrayal", E. Phillips Oppenheim

• Our old Susan it was who aided him in the matter, so, when he was by any means hindered from laying the little packet on the threshold, she had to find an excuse for going to the little house by the river. "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers