Complete Definition of "sinnet"

English

Etymology
Origin unknown.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'sɪnɪt/

Noun
en-noun

  1. nautical a braided cord

#:*2004: Last night, the men were gathered on the foredeck laying up grass into sinnet for ropes by lantern-light & the prohibition on �supernuminaries� on the foredeck seemed not to apply. � David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

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