Word.ws English Dictionary

headrope

headrope noun: the part of a bolt rope that is sewn to the upper edge or head of a sail.

Noun

headrope (plural headropes)

  1. The part of a bolt rope that is sewn to the upper edge or head of a sail.
    Synonyms:
    headline

Synonyms of headrope

Forms of headrope

pluralheadropes

Origin of headrope

From head + rope.

Questions about headrope

What does headrope mean?
Headrope means the part of a bolt rope that is sewn to the upper edge or head of a sail.
What part of speech is headrope?
Headrope is a noun.
What is the plural of headrope?
The plural of headrope is headropes.

Words near headrope in the dictionary

  1. headrings
  2. headroach
  3. headroaches
  4. headroom
  5. headrooms
  6. headrope
  7. headropes
  8. headrush
  9. headrushes
  10. headrushing
  11. heads

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: headrope (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “headrope.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/headrope. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.