cordage fiber
1Cordage Institute — The Cordage Institute, founded in 1920[1], is an international trade association of fiber rope manufacturers, their suppliers, and affiliated end user organizations. The purpose of the group is to create technical standards related the safe use… …
2cordage — /kawr dij/, n. 1. fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, esp. with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel. 2. a quantity of wood measured in cords. [1480 90; CORD + AGE] * * * …
3Plymouth Cordage Company — Cordage Company Tower The Plymouth Cordage Company was a rope making company located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The company, founded in 1824, had a large factory located on the Plymouth waterfront. By the late 19th century, the Plymouth Cordage… …
4pita fiber — Pita Pi ta, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) (a) A fiber obtained from the {Agave Americana} and other related species, used for making cordage and paper. Called also {pita fiber}, and {pita thread}. (b) The plant which yields the fiber. [1913 Webster] [1913… …
5tecum fiber — Tucum Tu cum, n. [So called by the Indians of Brazil.] A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm ({Astrocaryum vulgare}), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also {tecum},… …
6bast fiber — bast n a strong woody fiber obtained chiefly from the phloem of plants and used esp. in cordage, matting, and fabrics called also bast …
7hard fiber — noun Etymology: hard (I) + fiber, n. : leaf fiber with heavily lignified walls that is hard and stiff in texture and is used in making cordage, twine, and textiles …
8bast fiber — noun Date: circa 1885 a strong woody fiber obtained chiefly from the phloem of plants and used especially in cordage, matting, and fabrics …
9soft fiber — noun : any of various cordage or textile fibers (as flax, hemp, jute, or ramie) obtained from the stems of plants and typically of softer texture and greater length than hard fibers obtained from leaves : bast 2 …
10cantala — noun 1. hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants • Syn: ↑Cebu maguey, ↑manila maguey • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre 2. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine • Syn: ↑ …
