Although today a garland of evergreens is hoisted, evergreen represent "eternal," it was originally a strop (a rope joined to form a circle) that was left available at the ship's mast step in readiness for hoisting additional spars when needed.
Nangona kule mihla ukunyuselwa phezulu kwentyatyambo eziluhlaza, kubonisa "okungunaphakade", ngaphambili yayilithwathwa lokulola (intsontela edityanisisweyo eyenze isangqa) eyayishiwa kwimasti yenqanawa ukwenzela ihlale ilungele ukunyuswa kwentsika/kwemasti ezizizongezelelo ukuba ziyafuneka.