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ˈrope-yarn Chiefly Naut.
[rope n.1]
1. a. A single yarn forming part of a strand in a rope; a piece of yarn obtained by unpicking an old rope.
1623J. Taylor (Water P.) Hempseed Wks. (1630) iii. 66/2 Your mastlines, ropeyarnes, gaskets, and your stayes. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. v. 25 Rope yarnes..serue to sarue small ropes, or make Sinnet, Mats, Plats, or Caburnes. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton (1906) 169 We..hauled home the topsail sheets, the rope-yarns that furled them giving way of themselves. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine, Rope-yarn,..the smallest and simplest part of any rope, being one of the threads of which a strand is composed. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast iii, These ‘rope yarns’ are constantly used for various purposes. 1885J. Runciman Skippers & Sh. 259 He could clear a ropeyarn held four feet ten above the deck.
b. Used to denote a small or trifling thing.
1801Nelson 23 May in Nicolas Disp. (1845) IV. 384 Not a Rope-yarn can be carried away or expended (except in Battle) between this period and September 1st. 1835Marryat J. Faithful xiv, I can trust Tommy as far as keeping off the river sharks; he'll never let them take a rope-yarn off the deck. 1879L. Farragut D. G. Farragut v. 33 If you touch a rope-yarn of this ship, I shall board instantly.
2. Yarn obtained by untwisting an old rope, or such as is used for making ropes.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 16 Then, [cables serve] as the rest of the ouer-worne tackling, for rope yarne, caburne, sinnit, and okum. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 37 The bended Planks are sowed together with Rope-Yarn of the Cocoe. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 85, I had made me a long Line of some Rope Yarn. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Trellis 7 M 2/1 The shoots of the trees are fastened to this frame with ozier twigs, rope yarn, or any other soft bandage. 1805Sporting Mag. XXV. 76 Bound with a thread of rope-yarn. 1859Cornwallis New World I. 15 Attached to the rigging by pieces of rope-yarn.
3. Used attrib. to designate a day given as a holiday or, more usu., a half-holiday (see quots.). Chiefly Naval slang.
1886H. Baumann Londinismen 159/1 Rope-yarn..Sunday, freie(r) Sonntag. 1914Dialect Notes IV. 151 Rope-yarn holiday, n. phr., a half holiday. 1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 113 Rope Yarn Sunday. In the British Navy, ‘Make and Mend time’ q.v., on Thursday afternoon. The Americans use the term for Saturday afternoon when there are no drills or inspections, but ship's work is done. Their make and mend is on Wednesday, known as Rope Yarn Holiday. 1952J. V. Noel Naval Terms 184 Rope Yarn Sunday, any afternoon, except a week-end, that is free of work. Usually Wednesday afternoon is called rope yarn Sunday since liberty is often granted early on that day aboard ships in port. 1956E. N. Rogers Queenie's Brood 79 Rope-yarn Sunday is the seaman's Monday. Actually, it is a half day off and comes on a Wednesday afternoon. 1962Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 97/2 Rope-yarn Thursday,..the original Naval..half holiday. |