ropemaking
noun
the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
ropemaker
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a word derived from
ropemaking.
Example Sentences
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—Poet, s. of a ropemaker, was b. at Saffron Walden, ed. at Camb., and became the friend of Spenser, being the Hobbinol of The Shepheard's Calendar.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
For the poor ropemaker, however, a struggling weaver and for the two gentlemen, Sa'd and Sa'dÝ, three rich students are substituted.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Publications and Marriages, 1654: John Shakespear, of Ratcliffe Highway, ropemaker, aged thirty-five, and Martha Seeley, of Wapping Wall, mayde, nineteen years.
From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)
Victor, the carpenter, ropemaker, and general roustabout had performed his part.
From Voyage of the Liberdade by Slocum, Joshua
The ropemaker, who had only a faint recollection of having met him before, told him of his heart-break because of Eily's disappearance, and misread his agitation for sympathy.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
