ropewalk
a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
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How to use ropewalk in a sentence
I felt even more lost and friendless as I entered the long, cold arcade (known as the ropewalk) of the Albany.
Simon the Jester | William J. LockeFrom her ropewalk came the rope to hoist the sails made in her sail lofts.
Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia | Cerinda W. EvansThis establishment suffered the same fate as the Warwick ropewalk during Arnold's raid in 1781.
Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia | Cerinda W. EvansThere was a ropewalk here which extended from where the angle of the building faces the Amphitheatre, as far as Renshaw-street.
Recollections of Old Liverpool | A NonagenarianThis property was afterwards purchased by James Forman, Junior, and the old ropewalk building removed.
History of Halifax City | Thomas B. Akins
British Dictionary definitions for ropewalk
/ (ˈrəʊpˌwɔːk) /
a long narrow usually covered path or shed where ropes are made
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