| 单词 | rope twine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrope twine rope twine n. = rope yarn n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > yarn used for rope yarna1399 rope twine1719 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 64 Small Ropes and Rope-twine. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 103 One of the English Men, with a Piece of Rope-Twine..ty'd his two Feet fast together. 1811 Arch. Useful Knowl. Oct. 133 There is another circumstance in which navy canvas is deficient, namely, that the rope twine, with which the Navy Board is supplied, is at too low a price. 1916 T. J. Foster Coal Miners' Pocketbk. 255 The tools required for splicing wire ropes..two short hemp-rope slings, with a stick for each as a lever; a wooden mallet and some rope twine. 1994 M. Palmer & P. Neaverson Industry in Landscape (2002) v. 95 Fine linen thread was produced from the flax plant and coarser sacking, hessians and rope twine from hemp and jute. < as lemmas |
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