sennit
Americannoun
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a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
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braided straw or grass used in making hats.
noun
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a flat braided cordage used on ships
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plaited straw, grass, palm leaves, etc, as for making hats
Etymology
Origin of sennit
First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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On the right of the chest was the sailor, his body stretched transversely along its end, with his left arm buried to the elbow in the sennit loop forming its handle.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
Joe noticed that the oars were muffled with sennit, and that even the rowlock sockets were protected with leather.
From The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London
Quick, Will’m, shy me that piece o’ sennit: we must secure him ’fore he gives clean up and goes to the bottom.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
The next thing done was to secure the other end of the sennit to the upright oar; and the carcass of the shark was thus kept afloat near the surface of the water.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
It was built like the houses, without a single nail, but all the planks were sewed together with sennit.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston
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