sisal
2
7.7
- noun
- /ˈsaɪsəl/
- Specialized
:
sisal
- The strong sisal fibers are ideal for making durable ropes and twine.
- sisal plantations
Examples
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"Small trader in Moshi: cotton, coffee, sisal, that sort of thing.
Fiction book (1990) -
Nests were primarily found using rope dragging, where three evenly spaced people dragged a 50 m sisal rope systematically through the plot.
Academic text (2017) -
Moving as close as they can to the river's edge, the boys throw a thick sisal rope to my parents.
Fiction book (2000) -
Worked for a while on a German sisal plantation outside Rombo.
Fiction book (1990) -
He spent seventy shillings on a sisal basket that should have cost him seven.
Fiction book (2001) -
However, one elder said that men returning from the sisal plantations brought it to Sukumaland (Kang'wins).
Academic text (1991) -
Once the pottery is shaped, the top is carefully and evenly trimmed using a sharp piece of cut sisal, which men in the region use to make baskets.
Academic text (2007) -
Through one of them, Blunt became le docteur on a sisal plantation in Haiti; he added, to the professional journals to which he subscribed, one on tropical medicine.
Fiction book (1998) -
Increases in cropland and sisal plantations just beyond park boundaries further limited elephant mobility at the same time as increasing human conflict with elephants that raided farms in search of browse.
Academic text (2018) -
Rebellious Sukuma were sent on work contracts to the sisal plantations in Tanga and Arusha provinces, which provided a thorough education in hardship (Boyi).
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
Strong plant fiber from the sisal plant used to make rope and mats
A plant with thick, long leaves that give strong fibers used to make rope
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of plants from dry, warm places, like agave, that provide strong fibers
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sisal takes its name from the port of Sisal in Yucatán, Mexico, where the plant's strong fiber was sent to other countries. That's why sisal now means the tropical plant with big leaves and the strong fiber from those leaves used to make rope and twine.