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ropeworks

ropeworks is the plural of ropework.

Meaning of ropework

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.

Questions about ropeworks

What is ropeworks the plural of?
Ropeworks is the plural of ropework.

Words near ropeworks in the dictionary

  1. ropeway
  2. ropeways
  3. ropework
  4. ropeworker
  5. ropeworkers
  6. ropeworks
  7. ropey
  8. ropeyarn
  9. Ropeyarn Sunday
  10. ropeyarns
  11. ropier

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