A plant fiber used for making rope.
1The fibre of the agave, known as sisal hemp, is used in the manufacture of rope, twine, mats, brushes, etc.
2The essential feature in the economic production of sisal hemp is machinery for separating the fibre from the pulp of the leaf.
3The sisal hemp, pineapple, yucca, and a number of fiber plants growing in the southern part of the United States are worthy of note.
Translations for sisal hemp