The leashes of discipline were Fraying.
"Witch-Doctors"
Charles Beadle
One or two of its relaxed strings showed evidences of Fraying; and the sender had tied a small packet of new strings around the neck.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
The solid rubber tyres which once had adorned the machine had worn out long ago, and were now replaced by twine twisted round the felloes of the wheels; this was for ever Fraying away and the wheels were fringed with a veritable lace-work of string.
"Fantômas"
Pierre Souvestre Marcel Allain