sinnet

So you see I have been bookseller as well as the other thing; and I received pay for my testaments in sinnet – you know what that is.

The Old Helmet 1864

The chain sinnet aka chain braid, daisy chain, or monkey braid is a cable shortening and storing method that can be used to make stray cables a little more pleasing to the eye.

Use A Chain Sinnet To Tidy Cables | Lifehacker Australia 2009

A double row of columns led down the centre of the building; they looked like mahogany, but it was only native wood; and the ornamental work at top which served for their capitals, was done in sinnet.

The Old Helmet 1864

Well, I must send off this yarn, which is as interminable as the 'sinnet' and 'foxes' which I twisted with the mids.

Letters from the Cape Lucie Duff Gordon 1845

The only wood which they can procure, not possessing sufficient elasticity combined with strength, they ingeniously remedy the defect by securing to the back of the bow, and to the knobs at each end, a quantity of small lines, each composed of a plat or "sinnet" of three sinews.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822

You creating a chain sinnet by making a loop at the base of your cord, then pull the remaining cord into each new loop.

Use A Chain Sinnet To Tidy Cables | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Check out the full article below for more information and a picture guide to creating chain sinnet.

Use A Chain Sinnet To Tidy Cables | Lifehacker Australia 2009

They found an easy to follow example of someone making a sinnet chain with an extension cord.

Use A Chain Sinnet To Tidy Cables | Lifehacker Australia 2009

“Shove that mat and that sinnet away, you two,” he said.

The Ghost Pirates 2007

Mate told me to go on with a paunch mat I was making; while Tammy, he sent to get out his sinnet.

The Ghost Pirates 2007