Sentence:  He picked up the <WSD>sell</WSD> from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).