spun yarn

1. 1.

   (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together

   Broadersmall stuff

   seafaring

Questions about spun yarn

What does spun yarn mean?

spun yarn means "(nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together".

Is spun yarn a common word?

spun 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.