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• Her innovative use of gut (intestinal skin) - now a signature material in her work - was inspired in part by Native American artifacts, from canoes to clothing and cordage.
• Even then he left on board much that might be useful in case of emergency, such as cordage, sails, and clothing that had belonged to the sailors. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis
• The cocoa-tree i \eiy ciJiniiion, which is of iiniverfal uCc, aliording them ineat, drink, oil and vinegar; and of the fibres if the bark they make them cordage; the branches cover their houfes, and they write on the leaves with a lUel Hue, and with the tree, Hiid the great bamboo cane, thev build their houfes, boats and other vclfels. A New, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority [microform] : containing an authentic, entertaining, full, and complete history of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages,
• She knew every plank by name and number, the land from where it had come, which piece fitted where, how much sisal cordage had been braided and the grasslands where it was grown.
• Although the projected use of the fiber in the southern United States is for producing newsprint, a major current product from the plant is cordage, which is used for carpet pads, twine, rope, and fiber bags. Chapter 10
• The main mast top mast was bent to the deck with cordage and sail draping across to starboard.
• At the time, there was great demand in Europe for good processed flax to make naval rope, cordage and sails.
• Before the comparatively recent introduction of synthetic fibres, we relied on natural vegetable and animal products to make our clothes, cloths, carpets, and cordage.
• “Name her not — and for an instant think not of her,” said the King, again straining the curtal-axe in his gripe, until the muscles started above his brawny arm, like cordage formed by the ivy around the limb of an oak. The Talisman
• They had found the "spanker" of the _Pandora_ floating about, with its boom and all the cordage attached. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea