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coir

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coir  (koir)
n.
The fiber obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope and matting.
[Malayalam kayar, cord, from kayaru, to be twisted.]
coir
Noun
coconut fibre, used in making rope and matting [Malayalam (a language of SW India) kāyar rope]
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Noun1.coir - stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut
fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn


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Once a week Deesa led Moti Guj down to the river, and Moti Gui lay on his side luxuriously in the shallows, while Deesa went over him with a coir swab and a brick.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
Little Toomai was just going to sleep, too, when he heard the coir string snap with a little "tang," and Kala Nag rolled out of his pickets as slowly and as silently as a cloud rolls out of the mouth of a valley.
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