| 单词 | fall-rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfall-rope fall-rope n. [after Dutch valreep (1681)] chiefly Nautical †(a) a free-hanging rope with knots serving as a means of climbing up or down the side of a ship (obsolete); (b) the loose end of rope in a tackle; = sense 29a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > hoisting-rope fall-rope1691 hoisting-line1692 hoist-rope1794 hoisting-rope1876 1691 W. Sewel New Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii. 358/2 De Valreep, Fall-rope. 1841 R. Willis Princ. Mechanism 200 The fall-block is usually fixed, because this allows the fall-rope to be drawn in any direction. 1891 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 205 And the fall-rope whines through the sheave. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 May 350/3 Someone had..thrown the body overboard, but a fall-rope caught it by the neck. 1964 J. R. McCalmont Rope on Farm (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2130) (rev. ed.) 9/2 The rope that is pulled when the tackle is being used is called the fall-rope. 2011 T. Anderson Rising Tides xviii. 239 She hooked the bottom block onto the eyebolt at the boat's bow, leaving the fall rope dangling. < as lemmas |
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