packing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   carrying something in a pack on the back

   the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts

2. 2
   noun

   As a concrete noun.

   A kind of fine Norwegian hay, used as packing in the finnesko to keep the feet warm and to make the fur boot fit firmly.

3. 3
   noun

   the enclosure of something in a package or box

4. 4
   noun

   any material used especially to protect something

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of pack

6. 6
   noun

   The action of the verb.

7. 7
   noun

   Clipping of meatpacking.

Etymology

From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.