spun yarn

American  

noun

1. yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.

2. Nautical. cord formed of rope yarns loosely twisted together, for serving ropes, bending sails, etc.

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spun yarn British  

noun

1. nautical small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together

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Etymology

Origin of spun yarn

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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spun yarn

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

Spinster This occupational term originally meant simply someone, usually a woman but possibly a man, who spun yarn or thread.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2016

Like him, you the reader can’t wait to escape; yet you can no more walk away from Mr. King’s tightly spun yarn than Paul can walk away from his captor.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2015

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

To prevent chafing, a thick mat is woven from strands of old rope, spun yarn, or foxes, containing each a greater or lesser number of rope-yarns, in proportion to the intended mat to be 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