When you become the size of a small housing estate, it seems churlish to try to ring-fence it with cotton string.

I have used my cotton bag for three years and a jute one for eight, and my grandparents had cotton string bags that lasted two decades.

Tie the legs together with cotton string.

The rawhides are, in turn, stretched out by aluminum clamps and cotton strings, which are fastened to a naturally textured cedar wood frame.

Cotton strings are tied around the wrists of the participants to keep the spirits in place.