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manropes

manropes is the plural 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

Questions about manropes

What is manropes the plural of?
Manropes is the plural of manrope.

Words near manropes in the dictionary

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

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