spun-yarn

The body is made of spun-yarn, or fishing-line, netted into a small mesh.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various

-- "And the girl," said a third voice, which Mr. Kelly knew to be the steward's -- "and the girl did not jingle her bag for nothing the other day, when she walked by me: something there, or my head 's a ball of spun-yarn."

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Anonymous

I would guarantee to produce as shapely a structure out of a stuffed bread bag with a spun-yarn around its middle.

In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith

Joints for acetylene, like those for steam and high-pressure water, must be made tight by using well-threaded fittings, so as to secure metallic contact between pipe and socket, &c.; the paint or spun-yarn is only an additional safeguard.

Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

Consisting of a wooden handle some five or six feet in length, though of no great diameter, terminating in a ball of spun-yarn forming the actual mop, this implement, when new, was comparatively harmless.

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

Corbett got to work on deck with spun-yarn, marline-spike, and knife.

What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

Corbett got to work on deck with spun-yarn, marline-spike, and knife.

What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

He made rough sheets by tying a few yards of spun-yarn to the coat-skirts, and then, shipping the rudder, he bore away before the wind towards the cave by

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

He searched in his pockets till he found a small hank of spun-yarn, from which he cut a piece about a yard long.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

Some of the near-by gorse twigs were broken from their stems; some one had dropped a small hank of spun-yarn.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922