sisal
- n a plant fiber used for making rope
- n Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
- Magloire's most obvious money-makers were companies that manufactured soap, cement and sisal bags.
- Upriver come cotton, sulphur and scrap from the South, coffee and sisal from Latin America.
- Personally, I prefer one-inch sisal for the job.