sennit

English

Nautical sennit (1).

A breast ornament made with sennit (2).

Etymology

Perhaps from French coussinet, diminutive of coussin (“cushion”) because it is used to protect cables from fraying

Noun

sennit (countable and uncountable, plural sennits)

1. braided cord or fabric of such small stuff as plaited rope yarns
2. plaited or braided straw or grass which is used for making hats and for a variety of ornamental crafts

   In the 19th century British sailors wore sennit or sennet hats. Originally made by the sailors themselves they could be waterproofed with tar.

Alternative forms

• sennet
• sinnet
• sinnate

Translations

braided cord

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: köysipalmikko
• French: paillet (fr) m
• German: Platting m or f or n
• Greek: σαλαμάστρα (el) f (salamástra), σαλμάστρα f (salmástra)
• Italian: salamastra f, salmastra f
• Maori: kopu
• Romanian: salamastră f
• Swedish: platting c
• Turkish:

  Modern Turkish: salmastra (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: صالاماستره (salamastra, salamastıra), صالمستره (salamastra, salamastıra, salmastra)

plaited straw

• Finnish: olkipalmikko
• Greek: πλεκτή (el) f (plektí)

Further reading

• Platting on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• sennit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “sennit” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Anagrams

• innest, nestin, sinnet, tennis, tensin