The Collaborative International Dictionary
manilla hemp
manilla \manilla\, manilla hemp \manilla hemp\, manilla paper \manilla paper\n. See manila, manila hemp, manila paper.
Usage examples of "manilla hemp".
This is not the case certainly with the fine ropes of Manilla hemp (Musa textilis), which, though stronger than the best Russian hemp, are almost useless when worn out.
I feel more like a citizen of the world at the sight of the palm-leaf which will cover so many flaxen New England heads the next summer, the Manilla hemp and cocoanut husks, the old junk, gunny bags, scrap iron, and rusty nails.