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Definition of Sisal
1. Noun. A plant fiber used for making rope.
2. Noun. Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope.
Generic synonyms: Agave, American Aloe, Century Plant
Group relationships: Genus Agave
Definition of Sisal
1. Noun. A Central American plant, of the genus ''Agave'', cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope. ¹
2. Noun. The fibre of the plant. ¹
3. Noun. (rare) A sisal mat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sisal
1. a strong fiber used for rope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sisal
Literary usage of Sisal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"A RE you interested in sisal ? What do you think of it ? " -£^- These were the
questions addressed to the writer almost before he had landed in the Bahamas. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"weeded, and this process is said to be necessary about twice ,r, until the sisal
plants attain a height of three or four feet, weeding is no longer needed. ..."
3. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"sisal Hemp is the fibre obtained from the leaves of the Agave rigida, a native
of Central America;* it is also grown in the islands of the West Indies and ..."
4. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck (1905)
"At the present time there is a large acreage under sisal cultivation, which is
for the ... The market for the Bahama sisal is America, but the obstacles, ..."
5. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"Since his return the writer has found that most of those to whom he has spoken
of sisal had at best but a vague idea of the fiber or of the plant that ..."
6. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"since owing to its greater strength it can be made up at 650 feet to the pound
as compared with sisal at 500 feet." 1 VI. sisal 503. sisal. ..."
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