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Husk fiber
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coir
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Word definitions for coir in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coir \Coir\ (koir), n. [Tamil kayiru.] A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut. --Homans. Cordage or cables, made of this material.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"prepared coconut fiber," 1580s, from Malayalam kayar "cord," from kayaru "to be twisted."
Usage examples of coir.
She loves the smell of everything- floor polish, fireplace, coir matting.
Like the Arab ships of yore, it was sewn togethernot by coir, as in the ancient seagoing vessels, but by thousands upon thousands of miles of rope made from monofilament fiber.
Vicky wrapped her naked lower body in a woollen sham ma and helped her settle comfortably on one of the thin coir mattresses spread on the floor of the car.
For the maintenance of the wagons there were two drums of tar to be mixed with animal fat to grease the wheel hubs, heavy coils of rawhide trek ropes, ri ems and straps, yokes and yoke-pins, lynch-pins for the wheel hubs, rolls of canvas and coir matting to repair the tents.
She loves the smell of everything floor polish, fireplace, coir matting.
Like the Arab ships of yore, it was sewn togethernot by coir, as in the ancient seagoing vessels, but by thousands upon thousands of miles of rope made from monofilament fiber.
I remember all at once the nurses' rooms, the mattings of coir, a piece of text on the limewashed wall: My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me.
I had combed out the plaits and stitches from my hair and it stood up like coir, and I had no hat, so put a handkerchief of Charles's about my head.
The gangplank creaked and the ship rubbed her bumpers of coir matting against the quay as Cashel's weight shifted it.