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

As an afterthought, he fastened the blanket with a piece of rope yarn, so that Jerry was as if tied in a sack.

From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack

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

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

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

Mr. Crane, permit me to inform you, is a fearless and experienced yachtsman; every hair in his head, nautically speaking, is a rope yarn.

From A Pirate of Parts by Neville, Richard