Coir dragging down boats and buoys. The name coir comes from "kayar", the Malayalam word for cord. Ropes and cordage have been made from coconut fibre since ancient times. Indian navigators who sailed the seas to Malaya, Java, China, and the Gulf of Arabia centuries ago used coir for their ship ropes. Arab writers of the 11th century AD referred to the extensive use of coir for ship ropes and rigging. A coir industry in the UK was recorded before the second half of the 19th century. During 1840, Captain Widely, in co-operation with Captain Logan and Mr. Thomas Treloar, founded
Randall (given name) Randall (given name) Randall is a masculine given name in English and German . Its modern use as a given name originates from the transferred use of the English–language surname "Randall", which in turn is derived from "Randolph". There are several variant spellings of the English given name; these include Randal, Randel, Randell, and Randle. The pet form is "Randy". The form "Randal" has also used as an Anglicisation of an etymologically unrelated Irish and Scottish Gaelic name "Raghnall". This Anglicisation has been noted as being particularly common amongst several Irish families of note. "Randal" has not been among the