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manrope

manrope noun: each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.

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 manrope

pluralmanropes
alternative formman-rope

Origin of manrope

From man + rope.

Questions about manrope

What does manrope mean?
Manrope means each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.
What part of speech is manrope?
Manrope is a noun.
What is the plural of manrope?
The plural of manrope is manropes.

Words near manrope in the dictionary

  1. Manriques
  2. Manriquez
  3. Manriquezes
  4. manroot
  5. manroots
  6. manrope
  7. manropes
  8. Manry
  9. Manrys
  10. mans
  11. mans down

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