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ropework

ropework noun: the making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.

Noun

ropework (countable and uncountable, plural ropeworks)

  1. The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.
  2. A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture.

Forms of ropework

pluralropeworks

Origin of ropework

From rope + -work.

Questions about ropework

What does ropework mean?
Ropework means the making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.
What part of speech is ropework?
Ropework is a noun.
What is the plural of ropework?
The plural of ropework is ropeworks.

Words near ropework in the dictionary

  1. ropewalkers
  2. ropewalking
  3. ropewalks
  4. ropeway
  5. ropeways
  6. ropework
  7. ropeworker
  8. ropeworkers
  9. ropeworks
  10. ropey
  11. ropeyarn

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