Ropewalk

Word ROPEWALK
Character 8
Hyphenation rope walk
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Ropewalk"

What do we mean by ropewalk?

A long alley or covered pathway where strands of material, such as hemp fiber, are laid and twisted into rope. noun

A long narrow building containing such a pathway. noun

A long low building or shed prepared for making ropes, and furnished with machinery for that purpose. noun

A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured. adjective

A long straight narrow lane, or a covered pathway, where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope. noun

Any narrow walkway that has rope handrails. noun

Workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made noun

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The word "ropewalk" in example sentences

Article on how to build a "ropewalk" for constructing rope for ship models. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was a ropewalk, and filled with stores of hemp, tar, and other flammable materials. ❋ Rose Melikan (2010)

On the land side of First stood the old brick shipbuilding factories, including an obsolete ropewalk building a quarter mile long. ❋ Chuck Hogan (2004)

Rebuilding of the ropewalk started the day after the Burning, and Pelzed himself came down to supervise and make it clear that the kinless working there were never to be molested. ❋ Larry Niven (2000)

The square, the new ropewalk we'd paid so much to build after we lost the Ropewalker family! ❋ Niven, Larry (2000)

Whandall thought he saw shadows moving near the ropewalk. ❋ Niven, Larry (2000)

Whandall, we'll talk when we're over the pass, discuss arrangements, where the kids want to live, what it takes to set up a ropewalk. ❋ Niven, Larry (2000)

There's enough for your ropewalk, I think, if you and Carter stay together. ❋ Niven, Larry (2000)

Expensive to set up, but a ropewalk makes good money, he said. ❋ Larry Niven (2000)

Rigmaster's ropewalk was a long building with no windows but plenty of hemp in storage. ❋ Niven, Larry (2000)

I don't know if he can afford a ropewalk-he's got Fawn to marry off too-but he'll do what he can. ❋ Niven, Larry (2000)

There's a fight between the ropewalk workers and the soldiers. ❋ Unknown (1999)

On a-- the Friday before, a soldier asks for work at a ropewalk, and the ropewalk workers tell him where he can go and with a great deal of profanity. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The Walstons lived in Apartment K3 along the ropewalk, later moving to A14 at the front. ❋ Bothroyd, Betty (1988)

He began fashioning his new product at Saxonburg some time in the summer of 1841, using the old ropewalk system on a long level meadow behind the church he had built soon after finishing his house. ❋ David McCullough (1972)

The cistern has long been empty, and is used as a ropewalk. ❋ Various (N/A)

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