fraying

Any frayings of rope should be removed.

For by his slot , his entries , and his port , His frayings , fewmets , he doth promise sport

Tom turned up at the party unshaven, wearing a crumpled shirt and trousers that were fraying.

I crimped a ferrule around the end of the stranded brake cable to prevent it from fraying.

Bugger, the lining in my coat is fraying.