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footrope

footrope noun: a rope attached to the lower part of a sail.

Noun

footrope (plural footropes)

  1. a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
  2. a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing
  3. a rope or chain forming the bottom edge of a trawl net, helping to maintain the net's shape and depth in the water.

footrope meaning in Tamil

footrope in Tamil

வடக்கயிறு அல்லது அடிமட்டப் பெருங்கயிறு

Forms of footrope

pluralfootropes

Origin of footrope

From foot + rope.

Questions about footrope

What does footrope mean?
Footrope means a rope attached to the lower part of a sail.
What is footrope in Tamil?
Footrope in Tamil is வடக்கயிறு அல்லது அடிமட்டப் பெருங்கயிறு. See Footrope meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is footrope?
Footrope is a noun.
What is the plural of footrope?
The plural of footrope is footropes.

Words near footrope in the dictionary

  1. footrails
  2. footrest
  3. footrests
  4. footrim
  5. footroom
  6. footrope
  7. footropes
  8. footrot
  9. footrots
  10. footrub
  11. footrubs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: footrope (page history and authors); footrope (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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