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man-rope

man-rope is the alternative form of manrope.

Meaning of manrope

Noun

manrope (plural manropes)

  1. Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.
    • Halting for an instant at the foot of the ladder, and with both hands grasping the ornamental knobs of the man-ropes, Father Mapple cast a look upwards, and then with a truly sailor-like but still reverential dexterity, hand over hand, mounted the steps as if ascending the main-top of his vessel.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of man-rope

pluralman-ropes

Questions about man-rope

What is man-rope the alternative form of?
Man-rope is the alternative form of manrope.

Words near man-rope in the dictionary

  1. man-pussy
  2. man-rate
  3. man-rated
  4. man-rates
  5. man-rating
  6. man-rope
  7. man-ropes
  8. man-scape
  9. man-scaped
  10. man-scaper
  11. man-scapers

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