Coir Coir Coir (), or coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the husk of coconut and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes and mattresses. Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut. Other uses of brown coir (made from ripe coconut) are in upholstery padding, sacking and horticulture. White coir, harvested from unripe coconuts, is used for making finer brushes, string, rope and fishing nets. It has the advantage of not sinking, so can be used in long lengths on deep water without the added weight
Aonghas (given name) According to historian Alex Woolf, the early Gaelic form of the name, "Oengus", was borrowed from the Pictish "Onuist", which appears in British as "Ungust". Woolf noted that these names are all derived from the Celtic "*Oinogustos". Linguist John Kneen derived this name from two Celtic elements the following way: "*Oino-gustos", meaning "one-choice". Woolf also stated that between about AD 350 and AD 660, the Insular Celtic dialects underwent changes which included the loss of the final syllables and unstressed vowels, which affected "*Oinogustos" thus: "*Oin<del>o</del>gust<del>os</del>". Aonghas (given name) Aonghas is a masculine given name in Scottish Gaelic. It is