Packing
Packing , noun
1.
The act or process of one who packs.
2.
(Machinery) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
(Machinery) A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious
(a)
(Machinery) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.
(b)
(Machinery) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.
(c)
(Machinery) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
3.
4.
A trick; collusion. [Obsolete] — Bale
Collocations (5)
Cherd packing (Bridge Building) , the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. — Waddell
Packing box , a stuffing box. See under Stuffing.
Packing press , a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc.
Packing sheet , (a) A large cloth for packing goods (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.