English Explanatory Dictionary

sailyarn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Yarn used in the manufacture, repair, or rigging of sails; sailing-twine.

Word forms

sailyarn sailyarns sail-yarn sail yarn

Etymology

From Middle English *sayl-yarn, *seyl-ȝarn, equivalent to sail + yarn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sailjäiden, West Frisian seiljern, Dutch zeilgaren, German Low German Seilgaarn, German Segelgarn, Danish sejlgarn, Swedish segelgarn, Icelandic seglgarn.

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