monkey-ropen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪˌrəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈməŋkiˌroʊp/

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

Etymology: < monkey n. + rope n.¹ In sense 1 probably after South African Dutch baviaanstou, baviaanstouw, lit. ‘baboon's rope’ (either referring to the use of the lianas by baboons, or with the sense ‘worthless (or spurious) rope’).

1. Any of several African (chiefly southern African) plants that form thick-stemmed lianas, esp. Secamone alpinii (family Asclepiadaceae); the stem of such a plant, a thick-stemmed liana or creeper; such stems collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > African

monkey-rope1827

water vine1829

1827 T. Philipps Scenes & Occurr. Albany & Caffer-land 64 Various creepers were entwined round the trees..the monkey rope, the wild vine [etc.].

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 369 Noble forest-trees, mostly connected together by various lianes and creepers—here called ‘monkey ropes’.

1876 H. Brooks Natal 125 The festooned stems of evergreen twiners hang down as ‘monkey ropes’.

1905 R. A. Freeman Golden Pool xviii. 204 It would furnish an ideal hiding place, provided we could reach it. The latter difficulty was..solved by a large monkey-rope, as thick as my arm, which had hung down from one of the top branches.

1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 177 Both [species of Vitis] form ‘Monkey-ropes’, which, split up, are much used by the natives for tying down the thatch on hut-roofs.

1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VII. 515/2 Other climbers, also called monkey- or bush-rope, are Rhoicissus capensis (monkey grapes), Cynachum obtusifolium, and Dalbergia spp. (‘doringtou’).

1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 933 Dalbergia armata... Although this may be a 4m tall shrub or small tree, it is more commonly a monkey-rope or rampant climber.

1989 B. Courtenay Power of One ix. 155 Monkey rope strung from tall trees draped with club moss.

2. Nautical. A rope fastened to a sailor's belt when working in a dangerous position. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxii. 356 The monkey-rope was fast at both ends.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkey-rope
释义	monkey-ropen. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪˌrəʊp/, U.S. /ˈməŋkiˌroʊp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., rope n.¹ Etymology: < monkey n. + rope n.¹ In sense 1 probably after South African Dutch baviaanstou, baviaanstouw, lit. ‘baboon's rope’ (either referring to the use of the lianas by baboons, or with the sense ‘worthless (or spurious) rope’). 1. Any of several African (chiefly southern African) plants that form thick-stemmed lianas, esp. Secamone alpinii (family Asclepiadaceae); the stem of such a plant, a thick-stemmed liana or creeper; such stems collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > African monkey-rope1827 water vine1829 1827 T. Philipps Scenes & Occurr. Albany & Caffer-land 64 Various creepers were entwined round the trees..the monkey rope, the wild vine [etc.]. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 369 Noble forest-trees, mostly connected together by various lianes and creepers—here called ‘monkey ropes’. 1876 H. Brooks Natal 125 The festooned stems of evergreen twiners hang down as ‘monkey ropes’. 1905 R. A. Freeman Golden Pool xviii. 204 It would furnish an ideal hiding place, provided we could reach it. The latter difficulty was..solved by a large monkey-rope, as thick as my arm, which had hung down from one of the top branches. 1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 177 Both [species of Vitis] form ‘Monkey-ropes’, which, split up, are much used by the natives for tying down the thatch on hut-roofs. 1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VII. 515/2 Other climbers, also called monkey- or bush-rope, are Rhoicissus capensis (monkey grapes), Cynachum obtusifolium, and Dalbergia spp. (‘doringtou’). 1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 933 Dalbergia armata... Although this may be a 4m tall shrub or small tree, it is more commonly a monkey-rope or rampant climber. 1989 B. Courtenay Power of One ix. 155 Monkey rope strung from tall trees draped with club moss. 2. Nautical. A rope fastened to a sailor's belt when working in a dangerous position. Now rare. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxii. 356 The monkey-rope was fast at both ends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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