rope's-endingn.

Brit.

/ˌrəʊpsˈɛndɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌroʊpsˈɛndɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope's-end v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < rope's-end v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action or process of flogging with a rope's end; a beating administered in this way.

ΘΚΠ

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

rope's enda1475

starting1802

rope's-ending1806

colting1834

1806 J. Biggs Let. 20 Feb. in Hist. Miranda's Attempt Revol. S. Amer. (1808) iv. 24 To punish the steward with a hearty rope's ending.

1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xii. 88 You shall catch, my dear, the blessedest rope's-ending you ever had any notion on yet.

1887 W. Besant World Went iv In such ships are floggings daily, and mutinous words, with rope's-ending and continual flogging.

1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 181 Salt Eel implies on board ship a rope's ending, and on shore an equivalent process.

1951 Western Folklore 10 287 Beating a seaman with the ends of a rope was termed ‘rope's ending’.

1977 E. Stevenson Park Maker 20 Worse than ropes' ending was the sight of land when one was deprived of standing on it.

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

单词	ropes-ending
释义	rope's-endingn. Brit. /ˌrəʊpsˈɛndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌroʊpsˈɛndɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope's-end v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rope's-end v. + -ing suffix¹. The action or process of flogging with a rope's end; a beating administered in this way. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with rope rope's enda1475 starting1802 rope's-ending1806 colting1834 1806 J. Biggs Let. 20 Feb. in Hist. Miranda's Attempt Revol. S. Amer. (1808) iv. 24 To punish the steward with a hearty rope's ending. 1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xii. 88 You shall catch, my dear, the blessedest rope's-ending you ever had any notion on yet. 1887 W. Besant World Went iv In such ships are floggings daily, and mutinous words, with rope's-ending and continual flogging. 1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 181 Salt Eel implies on board ship a rope's ending, and on shore an equivalent process. 1951 Western Folklore 10 287 Beating a seaman with the ends of a rope was termed ‘rope's ending’. 1977 E. Stevenson Park Maker 20 Worse than ropes' ending was the sight of land when one was deprived of standing on it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806
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