DCHP-1 Online
dog packet Obs. 
a small dog-train (def. 4) broken off from a brigade for a side trip to small posts.
See also: dog-train (def. 4)
- 1873 (1904) During the succeeding months it [the brigade] hold steadily along its northern way, sending off at long, long intervals branch dog packets to right and left.
- 1873 (1904) During the succeeding months it [the brigade] hold steadily along its northern way, sending off at long, long intervals branch dog packets to right and left.