rope yarn
Noun

rope yarn

  1. The yarn or thread composing the strands of a rope.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapter 13
      Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
  2. A yarn of fibers, twisted up loosely and right-handedly.



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