gomuti

noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable)The palm tree Arenga pinnata.

   “The gomuti is the thickest of all the palms, but shorter than the coconut. It is readily distinguished from all other palms by its rude and wild aspect.”

2. (uncountable)A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of palms of species Metroxylon sagu and Arenga pinnata (syn. Arenga saccharifera), of tropcial east Asia, and used for making cordage.

   “The Gomuti, from the trunks of the 'Arnaga Sacharifera,' [sic] is much used as a substitute for horsehair.”

   “While he worked, I trussed the black's hands and feet with a piece of gomuti rope I found lying on the floor.”