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Rope
Twisted cordage for haul, bind, and rig. Not thread as fine sewing line, and not chain as metal link.
Also known as Cordage
Rope is historically related to Hemp.
Ure’s Dictionary of Arts seats hemp among fibres spun and laid into rope and cordage. A named rope beside hemp as ordinary cordage plant, not thread as sewing line.
from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)
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Net is historically related to Rope.
Falconer’s marine dictionary seats nets among cordage gear laid from rope and twine. A named net beside rope as its cord stock, not fishing-net as one gear name alone.
from William Falconer · Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1769
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sources
- Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines · Andrew Ure
Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
- Universal Dictionary of the Marine · William Falconer
William Falconer, An Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1769).