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toprope

toprope is the alternative form of top-rope.

Meaning of top-rope

Noun

top-rope (plural top-ropes)

  1. A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
  2. A rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.

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Forms of toprope

Noun
pluraltopropes
Verb
third-person singular presenttopropes
present participletoproping
past participletoproped
pasttoproped

Questions about toprope

What is toprope the alternative form of?
Toprope is the alternative form of top-rope.

Words near toprope in the dictionary

  1. toprails
  2. Topraisar
  3. Toprakkale
  4. topramezone
  5. toprilidine
  6. toprope
  7. toproped
  8. topropes
  9. toproping
  10. tops
  11. tops and tails

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