dragrope
dragrope noun: a rope used to drag something. Also the alternative form of drag rope.
Noun
dragrope (plural dragropes)
- A rope used to drag something.
- Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was Molly, pulling away for dear life.1984, Paul C. Ditzel, Fire Engines, Fire Fighters: The Men, Equipment, and Machines, from Colonial Days to the Present, Random House Value Pub, →ISBN
- The side of our ship was wasp-coloured as befits a warship, black and yellow and streaming. Certainly the first operation of the dragrope had been successful until it jammed. There was no doubt of that.[…]2013 November 5, William Golding, Close Quarters: With an introduction by Ronald Blythe, Faber & Faber, →ISBN
Also used as
dragrope is also the alternative form of drag rope.
Forms of dragrope
| plural | dragropes |
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Questions about dragrope
- What does dragrope mean?
- Dragrope means a rope used to drag something.
- What part of speech is dragrope?
- Dragrope is a noun.
- What is the plural of dragrope?
- The plural of dragrope is dragropes.
Words near dragrope in the dictionary
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