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backropes

backropes is the plural of backrope.

Meaning of backrope

Noun

backrope (plural backropes)

  1. A rope or chain running aft on either side of a sailing ship, connecting from the lower end of the dolphin striker to the bows.
  2. A catback.

Questions about backropes

What is backropes the plural of?
Backropes is the plural of backrope.

Words near backropes in the dictionary

  1. backroom boys
  2. backroom staff
  3. backrooms
  4. Backroomsy
  5. backrope
  6. backropes
  7. backround
  8. backrow
  9. backrower
  10. backrowers
  11. backrows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backropes (page history and authors); backrope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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