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noun • a plant fiber used for making rope • Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope | ||||
| 35% | 5 | Strip sails and ropes from | ||
verb • To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.). • To disable. • To undress (someone). | ||||
| 28% | 11 | A ship with fore-and-aft rigged sails on the two forward masts and square rigged sails on the others | ||
noun • A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast | ||||
Maker Of Ropes And Sails
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SISAL which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SISAL
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