Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as istle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant Bromelia sylvestris.
  • noun (Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber.

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Examples

  • The procedure to prepare and to spin ixtle was learned from their ancestors: it is extracted with cazanga, washed, dried, tarabilla, and spun.

    Mexican equipales, seated through the ages Zacoalco de Torres 2003

  • The procedure to prepare and to spin ixtle was learned from their ancestors: it is extracted with cazanga, washed, dried, tarabilla, and spun.

    Mexican equipales, seated through the ages Zacoalco de Torres 2003

  • Each year the bullring is constructed from saplings tiled together with 'ixtle' or cord from the maguey cactus.

    Colima: City of the Palms 2007

  • Each year the bullring is constructed from saplings tiled together with 'ixtle' or cord from the maguey cactus.

    Colima: City of the Palms 2007

  • The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • In the less fertile regions, maguey was the tribute of choice, yielding the much loved beverage pulque, and the fibrous thread ixtle, used in pre-Hispanic times to make textiles.

    The Cuisine of Hidalgo: Spanning Climates and Cultures 2007

  • In the less fertile regions, maguey was the tribute of choice, yielding the much loved beverage pulque, and the fibrous thread ixtle, used in pre-Hispanic times to make textiles.

    The Cuisine of Hidalgo: Spanning Climates and Cultures 2007

  • The bountiful maguey provided the thorn with which to embroider and sew the garments, ixtle fiber for mecates (ropes), hamacas and other coarse fabrics.

    History Of Oaxaca - Pre-hispanic Era 2006

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