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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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 Arthur Mee
To gae backlins, to walk backwards, like a ropemaker.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Alexander Leighton
Victor, the carpenter, ropemaker, and general roustabout had performed his part.
From Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum
Pencroff, whether carpenter, ropemaker, or mason, always had a joke ready, and all shared in his good humor.
From The Mysterious Island by Stephen W. White
Hazen to Crocker, a ropemaker of Newburyport, to be worked up for the schooners Polly and Wilmot, the sloop Bachelor and the sloop Peggy & Molly.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
