hard-spun
[ hahrd-spuhn ]
adjective
(of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
Origin of hard-spun
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby hard-spun
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How to use hard-spun in a sentence
It is made of long wool hard spun, sometimes mixed in the loom with cotton or linen yarn.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreIt is woven of hard spun silk yarn “in the gum” or natural condition.
Every bowstring was as yet in its case, with its hard spun silk securely dry.
With the Black Prince | William Osborn Stoddard
British Dictionary definitions for hard-spun
hard-spun
adjective
(of yarn) spun with a firm close twist
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