sailyarn

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.

sailyarn means yarn used in the manufacture, repair, or rigging of sails; sailing-twine. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

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