head ropen.

Brit.

/ˈhɛd rəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈhɛd ˈroʊp/

Forms: see head n.¹ and rope n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, rope n.¹

Etymology: < head n.¹ + rope n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch hōvetreep principal rope of a tent (Dutch †hoofdreep large rope used on a gun carriage), Old Saxon hōvidrēp principal rope (apparently on a ship). With sense 1 compare also ( < English) Anglo-Norman hedrop , heuedrop (mid 14th cent. or earlier). With sense 2 compare earlier head-roping n. With sense 3 compare earlier headline v. 1 and later headline n.² 2.

1. Nautical.

†a. Each of a pair of shrouds (shroud n.² 1). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific

head ropec1295

fore-stay1373

mainstay1485

sheep's feet1530

forehand1609

backstay1626

jib-stay1752

bobstay1759

breast backstay1769

sciatic stay1794

fore-topgallant-stay1805

funnel-stays1846

belly-stay-

c1295 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 8 In cordis que dicuntur Upteyen Heuedropes Steyes Gerdingges Yerdropes [etc.].

1336–7 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 43 Pro xiiij. copulis de Heuedropes.

1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) D/1^v (MED) j rope pro brailles et pollankerropes ij hedropes.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3668 (MED) Thane was hede-rapys hewen þat helde vpe þe mastes.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 805/5 Hec antemnis, a hedrope.

b. The part of a bolt rope which is sewn on to the upper edge of a sail. Cf. bolt-rope n., foot rope n. 1(a).

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > rope sewn at edge to prevent tearing > parts of

foot ropeOE

head ropec1625

body rope1759

leech-rope1769

foot line1813

c1625 Treat. Rigging in W. Salisbury & R. C. Anderson Treat. Shipbuilding & Treat. Rigging (1958) 49 Robins are certayne smale ropes fastened to Iletholes under the headrope.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. vi. 65 All striving to furl that Sail, yet could we not do it, but were forced to cut it all along by the Head-rope.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 21 To each yard-arm, the head-rope they extend.

1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 205 A head-rope along the top edge.

1908 H. B. Mason Encycl. Ships & Shipping 534/1 Robbin or Roband, a piece of plaited rope called sennit used for fastening the head-rope of a sail to the jack-stay.

1979 Mariner's Mirror 65 89 Left to its own devices, a sprit will take up a roughly horizontal position, being supported..at the peak either by the headrope of the sail or by a peak halliard.

2006 N. J. Young Ship's Tale xxvi. 303 I looked up to see one boy working his way out along the broken yard, releasing the head ropes.

†c. A small rope for hoisting an attached flag to the masthead or a comparable prominent position. Obsolete.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > other ropes used on ships

stud1336

studrope1337

start rope1353

wartake14..

warsheet1420

ridge rope1769

heel rope1777

lizard1794

jackstay1834

triatic stay1841

surf line1848

gaff-string1861

head rope1867

jackstay1954

jackline1976

twist line-

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 375 Head-rope,..the small rope to which a flag is fastened, to hoist it to the mast-head, or head of the ensign staff.

2. A rope running along the top of a fishing net.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > ropes on nets

norsel1440

head-roping1615

nostelling1615

warrope1615

way-rope1641

head rope?1748

warp1835

balk1847

trawl-warp1864

ground-rope1874

brail1883

shoreline1887

shore-rope-

?1748 State of Process Town-Council Perth against Lady Gray & Lord Gray 8 The Pyroad Boat may set off as soon as the Sleples Boat begins to haul in their Head-rope.

1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. I. Gloss., p. xv The head-rope of a long net..is moored parallel to the shore.

1854 Househ. Words 23 Sept. 131/2 A line from one end of the head-rope is fastened over the quarter of the boat.

1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 94 The floating barrel fixed to the head-rope of a pilchard-net.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/3 Some were so rotten that they tore under our fingers; of one net only the headrope was left.

1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice 196 The nets are hung vertically, with corks on the ‘head ropes’ and with two long poles fastened on the upper corners of each net.

1986 A. Wilkinson Riverkeeper (1991) 16 A weighted line called a foot rope holds the base to the bottom, and a line buoyed by floats, called the head rope, suspends the top of it.

2011 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 20 If you net more than you require..[and] you would release those fish, unharmed, alive and kicking, you just drop the net's head rope.

3. A rope for tying up or leading a horse, mule, etc., by the head.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lead

stringa1300

banda1400

head rope1810

tending-string1821

lead-rope1846

leading-string1859

jerk line1865

guy rein1869

headline1889

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether

tether1376

sealc1440

solec1440

picket line1768

head rope1810

leg rope1826

trail-rope1826

lariat1835

riata1846

mecate1849

hitching-weight1852

tie-strap1875

1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 465 The head-ropes..commonly branch out from the head-stall in different directions angularly forward.

1854 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda II. 115 The halter and the heel-ropes of the fleet courser, and the head-ropes.

1895 E. Wood Cavalry Waterloo Campaign v. 119 The collar chains or head-ropes are passed through the links of the head-collars of the horses on either side.

1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary 328 The camels' headropes were fixed not to nose-pegs but to gaily decorated halters.

1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble viii. 137 Hold on to the mules' head-ropes!

2003 W. Smith Blue Horizon 141 The horses..fought their head ropes, kicking, rearing and whinnying with terror.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head rope
释义	head ropen. Brit. /ˈhɛd rəʊp/, U.S. /ˈhɛd ˈroʊp/ Forms: see head n.¹ and rope n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, rope n.¹ Etymology: < head n.¹ + rope n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch hōvetreep principal rope of a tent (Dutch †hoofdreep large rope used on a gun carriage), Old Saxon hōvidrēp principal rope (apparently on a ship). With sense 1 compare also ( < English) Anglo-Norman hedrop , heuedrop (mid 14th cent. or earlier). With sense 2 compare earlier head-roping n. With sense 3 compare earlier headline v. 1 and later headline n.² 2. 1. Nautical. †a. Each of a pair of shrouds (shroud n.² 1). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific head ropec1295 fore-stay1373 mainstay1485 sheep's feet1530 forehand1609 backstay1626 jib-stay1752 bobstay1759 breast backstay1769 sciatic stay1794 fore-topgallant-stay1805 funnel-stays1846 belly-stay- c1295 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 8 In cordis que dicuntur Upteyen Heuedropes Steyes Gerdingges Yerdropes [etc.]. 1336–7 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 43 Pro xiiij. copulis de Heuedropes. 1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) D/1^v (MED) j rope pro brailles et pollankerropes ij hedropes. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3668 (MED) Thane was hede-rapys hewen þat helde vpe þe mastes. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 805/5 Hec antemnis, a hedrope. b. The part of a bolt rope which is sewn on to the upper edge of a sail. Cf. bolt-rope n., foot rope n. 1(a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > rope sewn at edge to prevent tearing > parts of foot ropeOE head ropec1625 body rope1759 leech-rope1769 foot line1813 c1625 Treat. Rigging in W. Salisbury & R. C. Anderson Treat. Shipbuilding & Treat. Rigging (1958) 49 Robins are certayne smale ropes fastened to Iletholes under the headrope. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. vi. 65 All striving to furl that Sail, yet could we not do it, but were forced to cut it all along by the Head-rope. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 21 To each yard-arm, the head-rope they extend. 1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 205 A head-rope along the top edge. 1908 H. B. Mason Encycl. Ships & Shipping 534/1 Robbin or Roband, a piece of plaited rope called sennit used for fastening the head-rope of a sail to the jack-stay. 1979 Mariner's Mirror 65 89 Left to its own devices, a sprit will take up a roughly horizontal position, being supported..at the peak either by the headrope of the sail or by a peak halliard. 2006 N. J. Young Ship's Tale xxvi. 303 I looked up to see one boy working his way out along the broken yard, releasing the head ropes. †c. A small rope for hoisting an attached flag to the masthead or a comparable prominent position. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > other ropes used on ships stud1336 studrope1337 start rope1353 wartake14.. warsheet1420 ridge rope1769 heel rope1777 lizard1794 jackstay1834 triatic stay1841 surf line1848 gaff-string1861 head rope1867 jackstay1954 jackline1976 twist line- 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 375 Head-rope,..the small rope to which a flag is fastened, to hoist it to the mast-head, or head of the ensign staff. 2. A rope running along the top of a fishing net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > ropes on nets norsel1440 head-roping1615 nostelling1615 warrope1615 way-rope1641 head rope?1748 warp1835 balk1847 trawl-warp1864 ground-rope1874 brail1883 shoreline1887 shore-rope- ?1748 State of Process Town-Council Perth against Lady Gray & Lord Gray 8 The Pyroad Boat may set off as soon as the Sleples Boat begins to haul in their Head-rope. 1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. I. Gloss., p. xv The head-rope of a long net..is moored parallel to the shore. 1854 Househ. Words 23 Sept. 131/2 A line from one end of the head-rope is fastened over the quarter of the boat. 1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 94 The floating barrel fixed to the head-rope of a pilchard-net. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/3 Some were so rotten that they tore under our fingers; of one net only the headrope was left. 1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice 196 The nets are hung vertically, with corks on the ‘head ropes’ and with two long poles fastened on the upper corners of each net. 1986 A. Wilkinson Riverkeeper (1991) 16 A weighted line called a foot rope holds the base to the bottom, and a line buoyed by floats, called the head rope, suspends the top of it. 2011 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 20 If you net more than you require..[and] you would release those fish, unharmed, alive and kicking, you just drop the net's head rope. 3. A rope for tying up or leading a horse, mule, etc., by the head. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lead stringa1300 banda1400 head rope1810 tending-string1821 lead-rope1846 leading-string1859 jerk line1865 guy rein1869 headline1889 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether tether1376 sealc1440 solec1440 picket line1768 head rope1810 leg rope1826 trail-rope1826 lariat1835 riata1846 mecate1849 hitching-weight1852 tie-strap1875 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 465 The head-ropes..commonly branch out from the head-stall in different directions angularly forward. 1854 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda II. 115 The halter and the heel-ropes of the fleet courser, and the head-ropes. 1895 E. Wood Cavalry Waterloo Campaign v. 119 The collar chains or head-ropes are passed through the links of the head-collars of the horses on either side. 1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary 328 The camels' headropes were fixed not to nose-pegs but to gaily decorated halters. 1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble viii. 137 Hold on to the mules' head-ropes! 2003 W. Smith Blue Horizon 141 The horses..fought their head ropes, kicking, rearing and whinnying with terror. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1295
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