from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spun \Spun\ (sp[u^]n),
imp. & p. p. of {Spin}.
[1913 Webster]
{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.
[1913 Webster]