sailyarn

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Yarn used in the manufacture, repair, or rigging of sails; sailing-twine. countable,uncountable
    — It is chiefly, for the present, confined to the manufacture of sail-yarns, and of plain goods; but it is yet in its infancy, and will, perhaps, soon extend its limits, as well as its variety of manufactures.

词形变化

sailyarns plural sail-yarn alternative sail yarn alternative

词源

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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