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package Fur Trade, Hist. 
1 n. a pack of goods or furs weighing about 90 pounds.
See also: piece
- 1800 (1897) I gave out to all their respective loading, which consisted of 28 packages per canoe, assorted for the Salteur trade on Red River. . . .
- 1922 Each package weighed ninety pounds, and was constructed as near as possible to fit on either side of a pack saddle.
2 n. a bundle of furs, usually 90 pounds, especially one baled in a pack press, and tagged and numbered as to contents and year.
See also: pack press pack ((n.)) (def. 1b)
- 1894 . . . it was not uncommon in some of the passes of New Caledonia to see a train of two hundred horses, each laden with two packages of furs, winding with the narrow trail round cliffs and through passes, on their way to canoe navigation.
- 1800 (1897) I gave out to all their respective loading, which consisted of 28 packages per canoe, assorted for the Salteur trade on Red River. . . .