abaca

Example Sentences

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There were fish nets of abaka differing in mesh to suit the various kinds of fish.

From An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China by Conger, Emily Bronson

The carriage continued on its way, meeting now and then carromatas drawn by one or two ponies whose abaka harness indicated that they were from the country.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

The bow was a piece of bent bamboo with shredded abaka for the bow-strings.

From An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China by Conger, Emily Bronson

The abaka is taken from the trunk and not the leaf.—Rizal.

From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander