The form has tightly twisted leaves.

I checked the canister was tightly twisted on before pulling down my hood and tightening the toggle.

When the rope is tightly twisted, each end is whipped (see below) and then cut between the whipping and the rod.

This is a tightly twisted stiff rope, originally of rawhide or leather, now often of nylon, made with a small loop at one end called a "hondo."

His dress was a white turban tightly twisted round a tall conical cap of red velvet, like the old Turkish headgear of our painters.

Traditionally, in harps older than 50 years, the strings were made of cat gut tightly twisted.

For example, when a soft, thick strand is plied against a tightly twisted thin strand, the resulting yarn spirals.

The string was an inch-wide strip of nylon, cut in a spiral from one of Dinah's stockings, and tightly twisted.

In (a) a thin strip of metal is tightly twisted to produce a hollow tube rather like a very thin drinking straw.

Tapestry yarn or tapestry wool is a tightly twisted 4-ply yarn.