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Definition of "sennit" [sen•nit]

  • Braided cordage formed by plaiting several strands of rope fiber or similar material. (noun)
  • Plaited straw, grass, or palm leaves for making hats. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sennit" in a sentence
  • "He fondled the impression of her as of silverspun wire, of fine leather, of twisted hair-sennit from the heads of maidens such as the Marquesans make, of carven pearl-shell for the lure of the bonita, and of barbed ivory at the heads of sea-spears such as the Eskimos throw."
  • "High up on the beach of the second cove from ours, we discovered the splintered wreck of a boat -- a sealer's boat, for the rowlocks were bound in sennit, a gun-rack was on the starboard side of the bow, and in white letters was faintly visible Gazelle No. 2."
  • "We had also made a quantity of string, or what sailors call sennit, which, twisted together, would serve as cordage for the vessel."
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