There is not a vestige of a nail to be seen in them, their seams, instead of being nailed, are sewed together with coir rope; and they are generally manned with six or eight men.
"Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales"
W. B. Cramp
The roping was done with a thin one-inch coir rope quickly and neatly, not so tight as to make all quite rigid.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
If not a short-sentence man he was still in the early stages of his term-for he lay on the bare boards of the plank with the rug, blanket, and sheet wrapped closely round him, so that they might take, as far as possible, the place of the coir mattress, which was not there.
"Amusement Only"
Richard Marsh