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spun yarn

noun

yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.

Nautical. cord formed of rope yarns loosely twisted together, for serving ropes, bending sails, etc.

Origin of spun yarn

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby spun yarn

spun, spun glass, spun rayon, spun silk, spun sugar, spun yarn, spun-bonding, spunbonded, spunk, spunkie, spunky

Example sentences from the Web for spun yarn

For answer I held before him a packet of something made up in a piece of canvas, and tied round with spun-yarn.

Sail Ho! |George Manville Fenn
Also, to form the warp of spun-yarn in making sword-mats for the rigging-gripes, slings, &c.—To warp.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
We got up and began to chase Surley about the deck, making him run after a ball of spun-yarn till we got tired of the game.

A Voyage round the World |W.H.G. Kingston
He held out against his crew for two days, during which time they never one of them so much as lifted a spun-yarn.

A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. |Benjamin Waterhouse

I endeavoured to make one of spun-yarn, but I found that it was too heavy.

The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2 |Camden Pelham

British Dictionary definitions for spun yarn

spun yarn

noun

nautical small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together