bast
- noun
- /bæst/
- Specialized
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fibra de bast
- This yellow cut-pile cloth (Fig. 23), probably made from the bast and fresh leaves of the raffia palm, consists of twelve squares of roughly equal size, woven separately and then sewn together.
- palm bast
- made of bast
And that's the actual stitches of the bast over the foundation rods.
- And that's the actual stitches of the bast over the foundation rods.
Examples
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He learned how to weave baskets from bast fibers, a traditional skill passed down through generations.
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And that's the actual stitches of the bast over the foundation rods.
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An Acanish (Acanischer) bow, its string made of palm bast, together with several barbed arrows.
Academic text (1994) -
4) The bark of the hemp stalk contains bast fibers, which are among the Earth's longest natural soft fibers and are also rich in cellulose.
Blog text (11) -
It would be a shame to use hemp as a source of commodity biomass, and in the absence of government subsidies, the energy industry would not be able to afford market prices for hemp because other industries would be willing to pay higher prices for hemp seed and bast fiber.
Blog text (3) -
The artisan crafted a sturdy mat using bast fibers from the hemp plant.
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Rope made from bast is highly durable and often used in outdoor activities.
Synonyms
A strong plant fiber from the inner stem used to make rope or cloth
Compounds
- UK
A tree from Cuba and Jamaica with hairy leaves and orange flowers used for furniture and gunstocks
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bast comes from an old German word bast meaning 'inner bark', because people long ago pulled its long, strong fibers to make rope and mats. That's why bast now means the tough plant fibers used for making ropes, baskets, and similar goods.