spun yarn
Americannoun
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yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.
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Nautical. cord formed of rope yarns loosely twisted together, for serving ropes, bending sails, etc.
noun
Etymology
Origin of spun yarn
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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Parkdale Mills, which produces spun yarn and cotton products, will build a new spinning facility in Honduras and invest $150 million.
From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2021
She set her simple loom up against the wall of her adobe courtyard and began weaving finely spun yarn through the strands of the warp, adding to an axsu that was nearly finished.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2016
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Spinster originally meant simply someone who spun yarn or thread.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2016
For example, in one nine-month period, the numerous Rhode Island women who spun yarn into cloth on hand looms in their homes produced a total of thirty-four thousand yards of fabrics of different types.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
As I spoke I took up a large ball of spun yarn, and placing a splinter on it, I advanced the piece of wood gradually until he saw the whole of it.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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