Search the Dictionary

A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.

ong, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself. -- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.

A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.

ng of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.

tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.

d twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

t. -- Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors.

wisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. -- Ship chandler, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. -- Ship chandlery, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. -- Ship fever (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also putrid, jai…

trands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.

The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.

ken with the running part in making a knot of the like. -- Standing rigging (Naut.), the cordage or rope which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the shrouds and stays, - - distinguished from running rigging.

, pilularis, and tetradonta), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth.

Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.

fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.

Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.