<br><p>a - fibres<br>
b - yarn<br>
c - strand<br>
d - rope<br></p>
e - cable<br>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alpheus_Hyatt_Verrill" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alpheus Hyatt Verrill"><span title="American writer (1871-1954)">Alpheus Hyatt Verrill</span></a>
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Verrill, Alpheus Hyatt.  Knots, splices and rope work. Norman W. Henley Pub. Co., 1919. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9jVEAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA82">[1]</a>