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

He slashed away the rope yarn which lashed the marlinespike.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

We untied the rope yarn and the paper fell upon the table; we opened it out, wondering what message could be written on it.

From Jim Davis by Masefield, John

A small line formed of three fine strands, smaller than rope yarn; principally used for seizings of the block-strops, fastening the clues of sails to their bolt-ropes, and other purposes.

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

The rope yarn had been parted, and Lerumie’s fingers were feeling inside the blanket for him. 

From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack