Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A long alley or covered pathway where strands of material, such as hemp fiber, are laid and twisted into rope.
- n. A long narrow building containing such a pathway.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A long low building or shed prepared for making ropes, and furnished with machinery for that purpose.
Wiktionary
- n. A long straight narrow lane, or a covered pathway, where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope.
- n. Any narrow walkway that has rope handrails.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.
WordNet 3.0
- n. workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
Examples
“Article on how to build a "ropewalk" for constructing rope for ship models.”
“It was a ropewalk, and filled with stores of hemp, tar, and other flammable materials.”
“On the land side of First stood the old brick shipbuilding factories, including an obsolete ropewalk building a quarter mile long.”
“Expensive to set up, but a ropewalk makes good money, he said.”
“Whandall thought he saw shadows moving near the ropewalk.”
“Rebuilding of the ropewalk started the day after the Burning, and Pelzed himself came down to supervise and make it clear that the kinless working there were never to be molested.”
“The square, the new ropewalk we'd paid so much to build after we lost the Ropewalker family!”
“Whandall, we'll talk when we're over the pass, discuss arrangements, where the kids want to live, what it takes to set up a ropewalk.”
“There's enough for your ropewalk, I think, if you and Carter stay together.”
“Rigmaster's ropewalk was a long building with no windows but plenty of hemp in storage.”
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