† crack-ropen.

Etymology: < crack v. + rope n.¹

Obsolete.

1. = crack-halter n.; also = rogue, vituperatively, and playfully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

roper1615

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

widdieneck?a1500

widdiefu?a1513

thevis neka1525

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

ropeful1567

gallows-clapper1570

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

crack-hempa1616

roper1615

halter-sick1617

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

hempy1718

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

hang-gallows1785

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 661 in Poems (1981) 29 Syne ‘Widdinek’ and ‘Crakraip’ callit als, And till our hyre ar hangit be the hals.

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Fj Away, you cracke ropes, are you fighting at the Courte gate?

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Baboin, a crackrope, waghalter, unhappie rogue, retchless villaine.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. iii. 19 ‘Sancho, you are a Crack-rope’, quoth Don Quixote, ‘ifaith you want no Memory’.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. vii About a score of fusty Crackropes and Gallowclappers.

2. attributive or adj.

ΚΠ

1611 Tarlton's Jests (1866) 211 There was a crack-rope boy..meeting Tarlton in London street.

1632 J. Shirley Changes iv. 56 You do not know the mysterie, this lady is a boy, a very crackrope boy.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 116 Ye crack-rope padder, born beggar and bred thief.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	crack-rope
释义	† crack-ropen. Etymology: < crack v. + rope n.¹ Obsolete. 1. = crack-halter n.; also = rogue, vituperatively, and playfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 roper1615 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 widdieneck?a1500 widdiefu?a1513 thevis neka1525 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 ropeful1567 gallows-clapper1570 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 crack-hempa1616 roper1615 halter-sick1617 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 hempy1718 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 hang-gallows1785 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 661 in Poems (1981) 29 Syne ‘Widdinek’ and ‘Crakraip’ callit als, And till our hyre ar hangit be the hals. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Fj Away, you cracke ropes, are you fighting at the Courte gate? 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Baboin, a crackrope, waghalter, unhappie rogue, retchless villaine. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. iii. 19 ‘Sancho, you are a Crack-rope’, quoth Don Quixote, ‘ifaith you want no Memory’. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. vii About a score of fusty Crackropes and Gallowclappers. 2. attributive or adj. ΚΠ 1611 Tarlton's Jests (1866) 211 There was a crack-rope boy..meeting Tarlton in London street. 1632 J. Shirley Changes iv. 56 You do not know the mysterie, this lady is a boy, a very crackrope boy. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 116 Ye crack-rope padder, born beggar and bred thief. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?a1500
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