inter-twistings

Updated: May 9, 2025

At one extremity the rope was unstranded, and the separate spread yarns were all braided and woven round the socket of the harpoon; the pole was then driven hard up into the socket; from the lower end the rope was traced halfway along the pole's length, and firmly secured so, with inter-twistings of twine.

Herman Melville - Moby Dick: or, the White Whale