parcels

Etymology

noun

  1. plural of parcel

noun

  1. (rail transport, UK, dated, in the plural) A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.
    An unusual visitor to Leeds on September 26 was Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75042 (17A), on a Class H goods from York; it soon returned on the 6.30 p.m. Leeds-York parcels. 1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: North Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parcel

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