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".