Found 2 items, similar to spun yarn.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: spun yarn spun yarn n : (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together
English → English (gcide) Definition: Spun yarn Spun \Spun\ (sp[u^]n), imp. & p. p. of Spin. [1913 Webster] Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton. Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns loosely twisted. [1913 Webster]