rope's endn.

Brit.

/ˌrəʊps ˈɛnd/, U.S.

/ˌroʊps ˈɛnd/

Forms: late Middle English roppys end, 1500s roapes end, 1500s roopes ende, 1500s ropes ende, 1600s– ropes end, 1600s– rope's end, 1800s– ropes' end.

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

Etymology: < the genitive of rope n.¹ + end n. Compare later rope-end n.

1. The end of a rope; (historical) a short piece of rope used for flogging, esp. for flogging a sailor.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with rope

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a1475 How Good Wife wolde Pylgremage l. 46 in T. F. Mustanoja How Good Wife taught her Daughter (1948) 174 (MED) Take not euery roppys end witt euery man þat hallys.

1593 P. Stubbes Motive to Good Wks. 125 They account it also a worke of great merite, to disple, to whip, & scourge themselues with whippes made of ropes endes, of cordes, and some of wyre.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 16 To what end did I bid thee hie thee home? E. Dro. To a ropes end sir, and to that end am I return'd.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 23 June (1971) IV. 193 I beat him and then went up to fetch my ropes end.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 196 With Ropes-ends laying one another over the Shoulders.

1704 Boston News-let. 17 July 3/2 The French men..used the Mate and Boy very hardly..beating them with Ropes ends.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Bouts de corde, a cat of nine tails, scourge, or rope's end for punishment.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. xiii. 287 I allow them to carry ropes-ends in their pockets to touch up the lazy fellows.

1847 H. Melville Omoo xi Fastening a rope's end to each sleeper, he rove the lines through a number of blocks.

1887 W. Besant World Went xiv If you anger me more, you shall taste the rope's-end.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 316/2 The word [graft] is applied.., as a nautical term, to the ‘whipping’ or ‘pointing’ of a rope's end with fine twine to prevent unravelling.

1953 J. Masefield Conway (rev. ed.) iv. 217 The rope's end, or teaser, made one learn very quickly.

1969 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (1970) iii. 88 He heard oaths, laughter, the impact of a rope's end as a bosun's mate started a torpid bewildered hand.

2. A hangman's noose.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope

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1663 W. Clark Marciano iv. v. 49 He hath played me such a trick as may bring me to a ropes end yet..Harke—my Lord Borasco searching me, I shall be hang'd without doom or sentence.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Prol. sig. A4^v I hereby promise to furnish them with twice as much as will do their business, on free cost, as often as they will take the pains to dance at a Rope's end.

1788 Vulcan’s Rebuke 39 Peter..with whom the muses were stark mad in love, (Ready to hang themselves from some rope's end).

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. v. 111 I cannot see the pleasure men propose by dangling in a rope's-end betwixt earth and heaven.

1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iv. i. 200 If we fell to be recognised..I should be kicking in a rope's-end.

1935 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 20 Aug. 9/5 (heading) Former Village Hangman is Facing Death at Rope's End.

1997 T. Hughes Tales from Ovid 181 Making a noose And fitting it round her neck She jumped into air, jerked at the rope's end, And dangled, and spun.

Phrases

not to care a rope's end for: to care nothing about (now rare); also † not to value (of) a rope's end (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 As for your Love or your liking, I don't value it of a Rope's end.

1710 S. Centlivre Bickerstaff's Burying i. 2 1 Sail. I care not a Rope's-end if she does.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxviii. 215 I don't value your crackers of a rope's end.

1797 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Wife I. xvii. 279 To show him they did not value him nor his jaw a rope's end.

1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks II. viii. 178 Uncle Bat..did not care a rope's end for Undy Scott.

1887 W. Besant World went very well Then (1888) xxix. 277 True or not true, I care not a rope's-end.

1925 E. Phillpotts Up Hill, down Dale 235 I..didn't care a rope's end who won the War.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ropes end
释义	rope's endn. Brit. /ˌrəʊps ˈɛnd/, U.S. /ˌroʊps ˈɛnd/ Forms: late Middle English roppys end, 1500s roapes end, 1500s roopes ende, 1500s ropes ende, 1600s– ropes end, 1600s– rope's end, 1800s– ropes' end. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rope n.¹, end n. Etymology: < the genitive of rope n.¹ + end n. Compare later rope-end n. 1. The end of a rope; (historical) a short piece of rope used for flogging, esp. for flogging a sailor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with rope rope's enda1475 starting1802 rope's-ending1806 colting1834 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > rope rope's enda1475 rope-end1583 salt eel1622 colt1780 teaser1910 a1475 How Good Wife wolde Pylgremage l. 46 in T. F. Mustanoja How Good Wife taught her Daughter (1948) 174 (MED) Take not euery roppys end witt euery man þat hallys. 1593 P. Stubbes Motive to Good Wks. 125 They account it also a worke of great merite, to disple, to whip, & scourge themselues with whippes made of ropes endes, of cordes, and some of wyre. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 16 To what end did I bid thee hie thee home? E. Dro. To a ropes end sir, and to that end am I return'd. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Pepys Diary 23 June (1971) IV. 193 I beat him and then went up to fetch my ropes end. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 196 With Ropes-ends laying one another over the Shoulders. 1704 Boston News-let. 17 July 3/2 The French men..used the Mate and Boy very hardly..beating them with Ropes ends. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Bouts de corde, a cat of nine tails, scourge, or rope's end for punishment. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. xiii. 287 I allow them to carry ropes-ends in their pockets to touch up the lazy fellows. 1847 H. Melville Omoo xi Fastening a rope's end to each sleeper, he rove the lines through a number of blocks. 1887 W. Besant World Went xiv If you anger me more, you shall taste the rope's-end. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 316/2 The word [graft] is applied.., as a nautical term, to the ‘whipping’ or ‘pointing’ of a rope's end with fine twine to prevent unravelling. 1953 J. Masefield Conway (rev. ed.) iv. 217 The rope's end, or teaser, made one learn very quickly. 1969 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (1970) iii. 88 He heard oaths, laughter, the impact of a rope's end as a bosun's mate started a torpid bewildered hand. 2. A hangman's noose. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 1663 W. Clark Marciano iv. v. 49 He hath played me such a trick as may bring me to a ropes end yet..Harke—my Lord Borasco searching me, I shall be hang'd without doom or sentence. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Prol. sig. A4^v I hereby promise to furnish them with twice as much as will do their business, on free cost, as often as they will take the pains to dance at a Rope's end. 1788 Vulcan’s Rebuke 39 Peter..with whom the muses were stark mad in love, (Ready to hang themselves from some rope's end). 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. v. 111 I cannot see the pleasure men propose by dangling in a rope's-end betwixt earth and heaven. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow iv. i. 200 If we fell to be recognised..I should be kicking in a rope's-end. 1935 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 20 Aug. 9/5 (heading) Former Village Hangman is Facing Death at Rope's End. 1997 T. Hughes Tales from Ovid 181 Making a noose And fitting it round her neck She jumped into air, jerked at the rope's end, And dangled, and spun. Phrases not to care a rope's end for: to care nothing about (now rare); also † not to value (of) a rope's end (obsolete). ΚΠ 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 As for your Love or your liking, I don't value it of a Rope's end. 1710 S. Centlivre Bickerstaff's Burying i. 2 1 Sail. I care not a Rope's-end if she does. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxviii. 215 I don't value your crackers of a rope's end. 1797 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Wife I. xvii. 279 To show him they did not value him nor his jaw a rope's end. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks II. viii. 178 Uncle Bat..did not care a rope's end for Undy Scott. 1887 W. Besant World went very well Then (1888) xxix. 277 True or not true, I care not a rope's-end. 1925 E. Phillpotts Up Hill, down Dale 235 I..didn't care a rope's end who won the War. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1475
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