sinnet

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/ˈsɪnɪt/

A form of sennit — braided cord or fabric of such small stuff as plaited rope yarns

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nounsinnet (countable and uncountable, plural sinnets)

plural sinnets

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of sennit.

    Last night, the men were gathered on the foredeck laying up grass into sinnet for ropes by lantern-light & the prohibition on ‘supernuminaries’ on the foredeck seemed not to apply.

    2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

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APA

sinnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinnet

MLA

“sinnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinnet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sinnet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinnet.

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