单词 | three strand rope |
释义 | > as lemmasthree strand rope a. Each of the strings or yarns which when twisted together or ‘laid’ form a rope, cord, line, or cable. Also, a ply (of worsted). dialect. Also attributive, as three strand rope. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > strand of rope strand1497 twist1685 ready1851 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for sewing or knitting > specific > ply of strand1898 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 244 ij cabulles..of iiij strondes.., iiij hawsers..wherof oon of iij Strondes. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 26 The Wall knot..is a round knob, so made with the strouds [sic] or layes of a rope, it cannot slip. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 43 And those distinguished by so many small knots vpon each little string that is fixed at the marke thorow the stronds [printed strouds] or middest of the line. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 18 A Cabell is a three-strand Roape. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words Strand, one of the twists of a line; be it of horse~hair or ought else. Suss. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 182 They were obliged to cut a Cable of four Strangs to Pieces. 1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 425 Machinery, to..spin flax and hemp into threads or yarns, fit for..sail cloth, oznabrigs, twine, and the strans or yarns for cordage. 1800 Naval Chron. 3 474 Three strond shroud-laid rope. 1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 62 Every Cable..is composed of three strands, every strand of three ropes, and every rope of three twists. 1898 Mrs. C. P. Penberthy Warp & Woof of Cornish Life ii. 13 I darned the hole with worsterd, and twas blue, dark blue worsterd, and twas five strans thick. < as lemmas |
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