A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding round ropes and cables, to prevent their being fretted by the blocks, etc.
Intambo enye eyenziwe ngemisonto emibini ephithaniswayo, esetyenziswa ukujika-jika iintsontela neengcingo, ukukhusela okukhuthulwa ziziqobo, njalo njalo.