Plant Fiber

• hemp

  A plant fiber.

• jute

  A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks.

• sisal

  A plant fiber used for making rope.

Also contains

• small stuff

  Any light rope used on shipboard.

• brace

  A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it.

• tightrope

  Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground.

• lasso

  A long noosed rope used to catch animals.

• halter

  A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by ...

• cable

  A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire.

• prolonge

  A rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage.

• cordage

  The ropes in the rigging of a ship.

• bungee

  An elasticized rope.

• guide rope

  A rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane.

• hawser

  Large heavy rope for nautical use.

• bight

  The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends).

• brail

  A small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in.

• lashing

  Rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together...

• halyard

  A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag.

• harpoon line

  A strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat.

• jump rope

  A length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone...

• trip line

  A light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance.

• bola

  A rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South...

• tier

  Something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers".