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istle
[ ist-lee ]
noun
- a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
istle
/ ˈɪstlɪ /
noun
- a fibre obtained from various tropical American agave and yucca trees used in making carpets, cord, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of istle1
1880–85; < Mexican Spanish istle, ixtle < Nahuatl īchtli
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Word History and Origins
Origin of istle1
C19: from Mexican Spanish ixtle, from Nahuatl ichtli
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Example Sentences
Huccum I knows how to chaw terbacca, or to w'istle thoo my teef?
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Istle, is′tl, n. a valuable fibre obtained from a tropical American plant, also from several Mexican species of Agave.
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