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knot working load: the maximum tensile load considered safe by a rope’s

manufacturer wrap: one of several adjacent round turns

yarn: a component in cordage made from twisted fibers; often about the
diameter of sewing thread Z-laid: counterclockwise twist in the strands of a laid

rope, when viewed from an end. See S-laid

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