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wain-rope Obs. or arch.
a. A rope used as a trace for drawing a wain. (Cf. cart-rope.)
b. A rope used for binding or securing a load on a wain.
1371Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 129, ij waynraps novi. 1441–2Ibid. 79 Item in 2 Waynrapes et 4 helteres empt., 12 d. 1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §5 And or he shall lode his corne, he muste haue a wayne, a copyoke, a payre of sleues, a wayne rope, and a pykforke. 1581Inv. in Trans. Cumb. & Westm. Arch. Soc. X. 40 Item Waine Ropes, xvj d. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. ii. 64, I thinke Oxen and waine-ropes cannot hale them together. |