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bull ropes

bull ropes is the plural of bull rope.

Meaning of bull rope

Noun

bull rope (plural bull ropes)

  1. a rope used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship; it is rove from the cap of the lower mast, through a sheave in the foot of the topmast and then back through a block on the lower masthead, with the hauling part led to the deck

Questions about bull ropes

What is bull ropes the plural of?
Bull ropes is the plural of bull rope.

Words near bull ropes in the dictionary

  1. bull roarer
  2. bull roarers
  3. bull roast
  4. bull roasts
  5. bull rope
  6. bull ropes
  7. bull run
  8. bull runner
  9. bull runners
  10. bull runs
  11. bull session

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