Manila rope

American  

noun

1. rope made from Manila hemp.

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Manila rope British  

noun

1. rope of Manila hemp

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Etymology

Origin of Manila rope

First recorded in 1850–55

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Manila rope

Nine of the High Hats, including Thach and Radford, barnstormed the nation in Curtiss F8C4 Hell-divers, tied wingtip to wingtip with Manila rope.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1848 Manila rope, or plantain fibre of good quality, was worth £38 per ton.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

A fine vegetable fibre, with which the white Manila rope, so much used on the India station, is made.

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

Every Scout should have five feet of one-quarter inch Manila rope, whipped at both ends.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

We rigged the tackle, too, and tried out the Manila rope with the boatswain's chair, and would have sent up Old Dibs on a trial trip if we hadn't feared he'd never make another.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd