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

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rope yarn

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

Thirsty in the sight of lakes and streams, and maddened with hunger, Roberts tore up the floor of the cabin, and, patching together a canoe with rope yarn, paddled to shore and procured water.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

"It is mixed with a little coarse wool, and carded into rope yarn, the same as wool, ready to be spun."

From Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life by Munsey, Frank Andrew

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

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