supple-jack

“On my soul, sir,” said I, “you will never rest till my supple-jack and your shoulders become acquainted, If you do not go instantly and procure the other brute, you shall pay the penalty of your ingenuity.”

Rob Roy 2005

Hardy whose summit rose on the left to a height of 3,700 feet, the journey was very trying; for about ten miles the bush was a tangle of “supple-jack,” a kind of flexible rope, appropriately called “stifling-creeper,” that caught the feet at every step.

In Search of the Castaways 2003

The people do not fell the tree like the Kru-men, but prefer the hoop of “supple-jack” affected by the natives of Fernando Po and Camarones.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The soldier sent to keep them in order did his best with his “supple-jack,” and the consequence was that all bolted into the bush.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

He had, however, a happy mixture of pliability and perseverance in his nature; he was in form and spirit like a supple-jack — yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke; and though he bowed beneath the slightest pressure, yet, the moment it was away — jerk! he was as erect, and carried his head as high as ever.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

These wigwams were built of branches of trees placed in a circle, which are bound at the top by a kind of creeper called supple-jack.

The Red True Story Book Andrew Lang 1900

Herein was the home of the supple-jack, whose branches enfolded you more and more the longer you attempted to force your way through.

The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon 1892

` ` On my soul, sir, '' said I, ` ` you will never rest till my supple-jack and your shoulders become acquainted, If you do not go instantly and procure the other brute, you shall pay the penalty of your ingenuity. ''

Rob Roy 1887

He had, however, a happy mixture of pliability and perseverance in his nature; he was in form and spirit like a supple-jack -- yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke; and though he bowed beneath the slightest pressure, yet, the moment it was away -- jerk!

Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880

Between Mount Ikirangi which was left to the right, and Mount Hardy whose summit rose on the left to a height of 3,700 feet, the journey was very trying; for about ten miles the bush was a tangle of "supple-jack," a kind of flexible rope, appropriately called "stifling-creeper," that caught the feet at every step.

In Search of the Castaways 1873