a material obtained by pulling old rope to pieces, a job done in the past by prisoners, and used to fill holes in wooden ships 麻刀,麻絮(旧时由囚犯制造) Word OriginOld English ācumbe, literally ‘off-combings’. The current sense dates from Middle English.
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