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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spun imp. & p. p. of Spin.
 Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition.
 Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton.
 Spun yarn Naut., a line formed of two or more rope-yarns loosely twisted.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spun yarn
      n : (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made
          of several rope yarns loosely wound together