sisal

IPA: sˈɪzʌɫ

A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope.
The fibre of the plant.
(rare) A sisal mat.

Examples of "sisal" in Sentences

Largest sisal twine ball built by a community.
It is from these threads that a sisal bag is made.
If it works on cotton it should work on sisal, too.
For a time a new fiber called sisal seemed promising.
Tanzania is the world's fourth largest sisal producer.
Tanzania is the world's second largest sisal producer.
In the absence of asbestos, other fibres such as sisal, coir
Huaraches are hand fashioned leather sandals with sisal thongs.
This is now the world's largest and heaviest ball of sisal twine.
This is "sisal," the shrub that could save the forests of The Gambia!
It is classified as a hard fibre, along with coir, henequin and sisal.
It specializes mainly to production of sisal fiber and farming of pineapples.
The fibre of the agave, known as sisal hemp, is used in the manufacture of rope, twine, mats, brushes, etc.
The bushland and wetland areas are also converted to farmlands and plantations of species such as sisal and various tree crops.
Once dry, the "sisal" is sent to a baling plant for preparation for shipment to plants that make rope, shopping bags and other assorted product.
For the ceiling color, go for a very-warm wheat yellow, and for carpeting, my choice would be a Swedish woven area rug recalling the sisal style but made of wool, linen, cotton or even silk.