rope yarn
See under yarn (def. 3).
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How to use rope yarn in a sentence
Before that time we always put rope-yarn between the lap of the boiler-plates to make the seams tight.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickHe said, 'Now you shall never make another boiler for me with rope-yarn.'
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickI might as well have tried to tie an elephant with a rope-yarn.
The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. BullenCarteret begged in vain for a rope yarn, a forge, and various things which his experience told him would be indispensable.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneHe was quickly, but roughly, disentangled from the intricacies of "'Possum Jim's" rope-yarn harness.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for rope yarn
the natural or synthetic fibres out of which rope is made
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