rope yarn

American  

noun

1. yarn3

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rope yarn British  

noun

1. the natural or synthetic fibres out of which rope is made

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Etymology

Origin of rope yarn

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

To secure the falls of a tackle together by means of spun yarn, rope yarn, or any lashing wound round them.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Then one of them sponged the bore, another inserted the cartridge, containing three pounds of powder, by means of a long ladle, a third shoved in a wad of rope yarn.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert

Carteret begged in vain for a rope yarn, a forge, and various things which his experience told him would be indispensable.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

As an afterthought, he fastened the blanket with a piece of rope yarn, so that Jerry was as if tied in a sack.

From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack

The rope yarn had been parted, and Lerumie’s fingers were feeling inside the blanket for him. 

From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack