This traditional term is associated with the term "Splicing the Main Brace" as the hands were allowed to make and mend their clothes when this was piped.
Eli gama layanyaniswa nesigama "Ukuhlomela Intsika enguNdoqo" nannjengoko izandla zazivumelekile ukuba zenze kwaye zilungise iimpahla yazo xa oku kufakwe embhobheni.