1831 June 296/1 While I put on the rolling rope, Jack had got half way down the topmast rigging.
1868 S. B. Luce (ed. 4) x. 164 It would be well to remember, that if it be kept aloft, and the rolling ropes passed securely over the topmast-cap, a considerable degree of support might be given to the top-gallant mast.
1918 W. J. Thompson 143 Rolling Rope, a rope that is used to steady light yards.