Definition of "packing-box" []

• A box or case in which goods, etc., are packed for transportation. (noun)
• In a steam-engine, same as stuffing-box. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Gabriel was standing outside the building, eating an orange from one of those packing-box stalls constructed by an innovative Mexican; a hopeful outpost beside a traffic light."
• "His parents were German Jews who, when he was three years old, emigrated to New York, where the father became a packing-box manufacturer."
• "Caskets had disappeared from the stock in the village stores, and, save an old packing-box, there was utter want of boards on the plantation, all having been used for various purposes since the wheel of the saw-mill had ceased its busy hum."