| 单词 | rope-making | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasrope-making  (b)   With verbal nouns and present participles, as  rope-breaking,  rope-climbing,  rope-closing,  rope-laying,  rope-making,  rope spinning, etc. ΚΠ 1635    W. Saltonstall tr.  G. Mercator Historia Mundi 167  				The Moscovites do send into all parts of Europe excellent Hempe and Flaxe for rope-making, many Oxe-hides, and great store of Waxe. 1717    W. Sutherland Prices Labour in Ship-building 262  				The Art of Rope-making or Spinning, is very extensive. 1791    J. Bentham Panopticon  i. Postscr. 162  				Any rope-making legislator, or any legislator's rope-making friend. 1815    W. Kirby  & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. 		(1818)	 I. xiii. 406  				A process more singular than that of rope-spinning. 1835    A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 62  				Rope-making and wire-working belong also to this head. 1847    J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word)  				The ancient custom of rope-pulling is always strictly observed in Ludlow on Shrove Tuesday. 1861    T. McCombie Austral. Sketches 193  				Another death from rope-breaking occurred on the Terrible lead. 1886    Encycl. Brit. XX. 846/1  				An American rope-laying machine is in use. 1886    Encycl. Brit. XX. 846/1  				They receive no foretwist in the rope-closing apparatus. 1903    Handbk. Physical Training 		(Admiralty)	  i. 30  				For rope climbing the class will be formed up about 4 paces from the ropes. 1926    Daily Colonist 		(Victoria, Brit. Columbia)	 17 July 10/2  				Mr. Ash..had plenty of thrills among the Mexican bandits and cattle thieves, during which time he became expert with the revolver, the lasso, and rope spinning. 1969    G. E. Evans Farm & Village xi. 126  				This saddler's shop, with ‘a rope-spinning ground’ behind it was sold by auction in July 1875 at the Lion Inn, Debenham. 2005    Time Out N.Y. 20 Jan. 48/4  				‘Punk-rope’ is 45 minutes of fast rope-jumping set to hardcore punk music. < as lemmas  | 
	
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