rope yarn

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   the strands out of which ropes are made

   Broaderstrand

Questions about rope yarn

What does rope yarn mean?

rope yarn means "the strands out of which ropes are made".

Is rope yarn a common word?

rope yarn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.