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rope yarn
noun
- yarn3
rope yarn
noun
- the natural or synthetic fibres out of which rope is made
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rope yarn1
First recorded in 1615–25
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Example Sentences
Before that time we always put rope-yarn between the lap of the boiler-plates to make the seams tight.
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He said, 'Now you shall never make another boiler for me with rope-yarn.'
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I might as well have tried to tie an elephant with a rope-yarn.
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Carteret begged in vain for a rope yarn, a forge, and various things which his experience told him would be indispensable.
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He was quickly, but roughly, disentangled from the intricacies of "'Possum Jim's" rope-yarn harness.
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