Rope Yarn - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: rope yarnRope yarn
the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made...
Yarn
Yarn, means any fibre, wool, silk flax, cotton, nylon, etc., spun into strands for weaving, knitting or making thread, AIR 1980 MP 69 (71). [Textile Committee Act, 1968, s. 2(g)(f)]The fabric which is woven includes the weft which means yarn woven across the width of the fabric through the lengthwise yarn. Thus the activity of the weaving involves passing of the weft through the warp, Ess Dee Carpet Enterprises v. Union of India, AIR 1990 SC 455 (457): (1990) 1 SCC 461: (1989) Supp 2 SCR 417.There is no particular definition of 'yarn' in the Act or the Rules or the notifications. According to the oxford Dictionary 'yarn' means any spun thread specially of kinds prepared by waving, knitting or rope-making. According to the Webster's New World Dictionary, it is defined as any fiber, as wool, silk, flax, cotton, nylon, etc., spun into strands for weaving, knitting or making thread, Aditya Mills Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 2237 (2229): (1988) Supp 2 SCR 668: (1988) 4 SCC 315 (318)....
Selvagee
A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline used for stoppers straps etc...
Puddening
A quantity of rope yarn or the like placed as a fender on the bow of a boat...
Sennit
A braided cord or fabric formed by plaiting together rope yarns or other small stuff...
Saxony yarn
A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn...
Bay yarn
Woolen yarn...
Rope-dancers
Rope-dancers. Unlicensed booths and stages for rope-dancers and mountebanks are public nuisances, and may, upon indictment, be suppressed, and the keepers of them fined, 1 Hawk. P.C. 75, s. 6....
Guide rope
A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its length used to preserve altitude automatically by variation of the length dragging on the ground without loss of ballast or gas...
Ropes end
To punish with a ropes end...
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