Lines, sheets, guys, ties, strings that can be of fibre or of wire. Rope is of various ‘constructions’, plaited, braided, or the ordinary laid (which means twisted). Furthermore, laid rope may be Hawser-laid, which means three strands twisted together in the usual manner, or Cable-laid, which consists of hawser-laid ropes twisted together. Cable-laid ropes are most commonly used for big hawsers, by the way, while hawser-laid ropes are used for sheets, halyards and the mooring lines of small craft.