sisal

A mother carries sisal on her head along with her baby.

She was a sturdy peasant type with nerves like sisal.

The local economy was based on sisal, which had been brought to the colony several years earlier, and population in the area grew rapidly.

The string around them was rough sisal, old and yellowed.

Today Brazil is the major world producer of sisal.

A custom paint job can often revive a stained sisal.

In homes where coffee and red wine are inevitable, wool sisal may be a better choice.

"I thought we could put all of this to the agave plant for sisal.

It is a very rich Indian who raises sisal.

Nylon is relatively easy to clean, for example, while natural sisal is not.

Or just split wide open, disgorging Lord knows what onto the sisal.

He made plastic cars with wheat straw, hemp and sisal.

Processed henequen soon became known around the world as sisal.

Grass, rush, hemp, and sisal are all used in making rope.

Coverings made from sisal are available in a variety of colors, but they do need stain protection.

The main exports are cotton, rubber, timber, coffee, and sisal.

He adjusted his tall hat made of sisal fibers.

It simply won't accommodate the sanding of floors, so they will cover them with sisal.

Sisal is a valuable forage for honey bees because of its long flowering period.

Instead of rugs, homeowners began to choose sisal.

Sisal was introduced to Haiti, and sugar and cotton became significant exports.

Behind her back, her fingers gave a twist to the sisal, making a small double-bow in the middle of it.

The camera turns about an enormous shed, filled with bales of sisal for rope-making.

The walls are white, the ceiling is butter yellow and the floor is carpeted in sisal.

Other exports are molasses, coffee, tobacco, rice, and sisal.