ropery
Americannoun
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roperies
plural
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a place where ropes are made.
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Archaic. knavery; roguery.
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Etymology
Origin of ropery
First recorded in 1325–75, ropery is from the Middle English word roperie. See rope, -ery
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Still in existence is the ropery - a quarter of a mile-long building where naval rope has been made commercially since 1618.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2014
Poor little James has come down to the ropery, to see the men make string.
From Child-Land Picture-Pages for the Little Ones by M. Richter
Your father raised £1500 on the Nanscawne lands, and spent it on cards and ropery.
From Shining Ferry by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
A ropery at Devonport produces half the hempen ropes used in the navy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
London grocers imported spices, canvas, ropery, drugs, unguents, soap, confections, garlic, cabbages, onions, apples, oranges, almonds, figs, dates, raisins, dye-stuffs, woad, madder, scarlet grains, saffron, iron, and steel.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
What remnant of sea-craft, arsenals, roperies, war navy France had, has given itself to these enemies of human nature, "ennemis du genre humain."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
There are also in the city several large grain mills and breweries, a biscuit factory, wire and hemp roperies, fuel works, general foundries and engineering works.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
What remnants of sea-craft, arsenals, roperies, war-navy France had, has given itself to these enemies of human nature, 'ennemis du genre humain.'
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
It possesses many saw-mills, paste-mills, flour-mills, roperies, chemical works and petroleum refineries; manufacturing also metal ware, wire, nails, soap and candles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The roperies occupied the site of the present Arcades, and extended to Berry-street.
From Recollections of Old Liverpool by A Nonagenarian
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