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 pays him a pension, and he pays tribute to the physician; for the physician makes work for the sexton, as the ropemaker for the hangman.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
What the ropemaker told him to do wasn’t very nice, and they had a set-to.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
Her surname of 'La belle Cordière' came from her marriage with a rich merchant, Ennemond Perrin by name, who was by trade a ropemaker.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
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
To gae backlins, to walk backwards, like a ropemaker.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Alexander Leighton
