Gimp

 Gimp (from the French. Cannetille) - twisted or looped into a spiral metallic thread in silver or golden color (sham). Valuable species gimp made of precious metals - gold and silver. Gimp was produced as a decoration for Christmas trees, used in embroidery ("gold embroidery"), braided line, braid and other haberdashery. In the old manual production gimp was a matter of a long, very tense, unproductive and tedious monotonous. That is why the phrase "pull gimp" has become synonymous with the tedious process that requires a considerable amount of time.