A craft activity done by intricately braiding thin colored plastic lines to make patterns, or the product of such a craft.
A short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc.
A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.
A cord with a hook which is secured to an artillery piece, and pulled to fire the weapon.
A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
A tuft or clump of grass.
To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.