String

A string was a thin version of cord or rope, braided and made in a similar manner.

A man from Canton, Ohio once rolled a ball of string over six meters in diameter. 

In the year 2000, Indiana was the home of the world's largest ball of string. Shannon O'Donnel saw it in December of that year. 

When communications was down on Deep Space 9 in 2373, Jadzia Dax jokingly asked whether they should substitute "cups and a long string".