Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A place where ropes are made.
  • noun Knavery; roguery.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A place where ropes are made.
  • noun obsolete Tricks deserving the halter; roguery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
  • noun Hung on the end of a rope.
  • noun A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

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