hard-spun

[ hahrd-spuhn ]

/ ˈhɑrdˈspʌn /

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adjective

(of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.

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Origin of hard-spun

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby hard-spun

hard-shell crab, hardship, hard shoulder, hard sign, hard solder, hard-spun, hardstand, hard standing, hard stuff, hard-surface, hardtack

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 Ure
It is woven of hard spun silk yarn “in the gum” or natural condition.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various
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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