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ROPE-YARN
ROPE-YARN, (filde carret, Fr.) the smallest and simplest part of any rope, being one of the threads of which a strand is composed; so that the size of the latter, and of the rope into which it is twisted, is determined by the number of rope-yarns.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 247, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1091.html