sennitn.
/ˈsɛnɪt/, U.S. /ˈsɛnət/ Nautical.
1. = sinnet n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > types of
sandwich1494
parchment lace1542
hempstring1573
sinnet1611
jackline1612
spun-yarn1627
sennit1769
Manila1826
four-inch1840
stropping1850
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 > specific types of rope
ratline1358
marline1417
sinnet1611
caburn1626
knittle1627
housing1642
lashing1669
houseline1712
fox1769
sennit1769
hamber-line1793
seizing1804
grass line1828
stropping1850
lanyard1862
small stuff1867
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Sennit, (from seven and knit) a sort of flat braided cordage, formed by platting five or seven rope-yarns together.
1881 Chequered Career 92 These young gentlemen are to be seen..making sennet, the latter amusement being on a par with picking oakum.
2. (See quot. 1858.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plant fibre materials > [noun] > plaited material
platting1656
sennit1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sennit,..plaited straw or palm leaves, &c., of which grass hats are made.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations.
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1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 79 A sennit eye is worked in.
c1898 J. Chalmers in Lovett Life (1902) 146 The long sennit hawser kept on deck had been passed ashore to natives on the reef.
C2.
sennit hat n. a hat made of sennit.
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1921 Times 18 Mar. 7/5 The Admiralty announce to-day that it has been decided to abolish the sennet hatas an article of naval uniform.
1927 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 168/1 It was he who..cut down a sennet-hat to fit Shadi's small round head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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