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

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

"It is mixed with a little coarse wool, and carded into rope yarn, the same as wool, ready to be spun."

From Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life by Munsey, Frank Andrew

It was familiar with dried meats and tongues, possessing an extraordinary flavour of rope yarn.

From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles

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

Suspended by a rope yarn drawn out from the top of a coil of soaked hemp?

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor