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ˈrope-work
[rope n.1]
1. A place where ropes are made.
1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVI. 493/2 The methods practised in different rope-works are..exceedingly different. 1806Rennie in Smiles Engineers II. 239 Block-machinery and rope-works might likewise be worked by steam-engines. 1816Scott Antiq. xix, The three strands of the conversation, to speak the language of a rope-work.
2. An arrangement of ropes.
1816Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges 176 The general rope-work to support the flooring of the bridge was made of hawsers.
3. Use of ropes in climbing.
1901G. Bell Let. 8 Sept. (1927) I. vii. 127 After a great deal of complicated rope work we reached the Gemse Sattel. 1979D. Kyle Green River High xvi. 211 All I had to do was shin a hundred feet up a rope!.. I've never been a one for rope-work, even in the gym.
4. Decoration with a rope motif.
1952J. B. Oldham Eng. Blind-Stamped Bindings i. 11 Italian and Spanish blind bindings are so unlike English as to be easily distinguishable, with the former's characteristic leafy or rope-work frame, and the latter's rather unusual and fantastic stamps. |