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
Sorley (given name) Sorley (given name) Sorley is a masculine given name in the English language. "Sorley" is an Anglicised form of ' ( ), a name mutual to both the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages, which means "summer wanderer". The Gaelic name is a form of the English "Somerled", and both names are ultimately derived from the Old Norse Old Norse '. A variant form of ' is '. A variant form of "Somerled" is "Summerlad", a name altered by folk etymology, derived from the words "summer" and "lad". "" is sometimes Anglicised as "Samuel", although these two names are etymologically unrelated