coir

[ koir ]

/ kɔɪr /

noun

the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.

Nearby words

coinsurance, coinsure, coinsurer, cointreau, coinventor, coir, coire, coistrel, coit, coital, coital exanthema

Origin of coir

1575–85; < Malayalam kayaru cord; replacing cairo < Portuguese < Tamil kayiṟu rope

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Examples from the Web for coir

The coir or yarn manufactured from the husks of cocoanuts was prepared by those employed at "hard labour" in the refractory ward.
Prisoners Their Own Warders|J. F. A. McNair
Coir matting was next the floor boards, then a thick Chinese quilt (a pukai), then a Scotch plaid made in Geelong.
An Australian in China|George Ernest Morrison
But still no cable is equal to coir, having three valuable properties, being strong, buoyant and exceedingly elastic.
Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|Edmund Roberts
He holds aloft the coir string, under the lower end of which a cocoanut has been placed on the ground.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

If a small line could be got across from ship to ship, the end of it would be made fast to a coir hawser in the Monsoon.
Pincher Martin, O.D.|H. Taprell Dorling

British Dictionary definitions for coir

coir

/ (kɔɪə) /

noun

the fibre prepared from the husk of the coconut, used in making rope and matting

Word Origin for coir

C16: from Malayalam kāyar rope, from kāyaru to be twisted

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