Cordage - Law Dictionary Search Results
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The inner fibrous bark of various plants esp of the lime tree hence matting cordage etc made therefrom...
Boatswain
An officer who has charge of the boats sails rigging colors anchors cables cordage etc of a ship and who also summons the crew and performs other duties...
calabura
a fast growing tropical American evergreen Muntingia calabura having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves...
Coir
A material for cordage matting etc consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut...
Cordage
Ropes or cords collectively hence anything made of rope or cord as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes...
Esparto
A species of Spanish grass Macrochloa tenacissima of which cordage shoes baskets etc are made It is also used for making paper...
Fathom
A measure of length containing six feet the space to which a man can extend his arms used chiefly in measuring cables cordage and the depth of navigable water by soundings...
Gomuti
A black fibrous substance resembling horsehair obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms Metroxylon Sagu and Arenga saccharifera of the Indian islands It is used for making cordage Called also ejoo...
Gunny
A strong coarse kind of sacking made from the fibers called jute of two plants of the genus Corchorus C olitorius and C capsularis of India The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage...
Hawser laid
Made in the manner of a hawser Cf Cable laid and see Illust of Cordage...
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