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coir|kɔɪə(r)|
Forms: 6 cayro, 7 cairo, cair, 8 cayr, cayar; 7–9 coire, 8 coyr(e, 9 koir, coier, 8– coir.
[ad. Malayālam kāyar cord, f. kāyaru to be twisted (Yule). In earlier forms, a. Pg. cairo (in Correa 1510), coyro (Barbosa 1516).]
The prepared fibre of the husk of the coco-nut, used for making ropes, cordage, matting, etc. Originally, the thread or cordage made of this fibre.
1582N. Lichefield tr. Castaneda's Conq. E. Ind. 14 b, The Moores which trade to Sofala in great ships, that haue no decks nor nailes, but are sowed with Cayro. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 251 A certaine shippe made of boordes, and sowed together with cayro, which is threede made of the huske of Cocoes. 1625Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1778 side-note, The uttermost is hairie, and of it they make Cairo that is all their Cables and Ropes. 1697Coire [see b] 1704Collect. Voy. (Churchill) III. 573/2 Cayr (of which they make Cables and Ropes). 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xxiv. 296 Of the Rind of the Nut they make Cayar, which are the Fibres of the Cask that environs the Nut spun fit to make Cordage and Cables for Shipping. 1779Forrest Voy. N. Guinea 67 The coco nut tree produces coir. 1844Hull Dock Act 121 Coir, rough, press packed, per ton, 6d. 1860Tennent Ceylon II. ii. 127 The best coir is made from the unripe nuts.
b. attrib., as coir-cable, coir-fibre, coir-rope, coir-yarn.
1697Phil. Trans. XIX. 430 Here you will find the Arack Drink, the Coire Cabels, the Bread Fruit. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1698) I. x. 295 These are called Coire Cables: they will last very well. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 121 (Yule) They [the Surat people] have..Cair-yarn made of the Cocoe for cordage. 1759Lond. Mag. XXVIII. 604 Their coyr-ropes made of the fibres of cocoa nut husks. 1816‘Quiz’ Grand Master vii. 190 Goulaub, sans ceremony, sat Upon a piece of koir mat. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. (ed. 2) 360 Coir rope is equal in strength to hempen rope of the same size, and is but two-thirds the weight. |