Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long alley or covered pathway where strands of material, such as hemp fiber, are laid and twisted into rope.
- noun A long narrow building containing such a pathway.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long low building or shed prepared for making ropes, and furnished with machinery for that purpose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long straight
narrow lane , or a coveredpathway , where long strands of material were laid before being twisted intorope . - noun Any
narrow walkway that hasrope handrails.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
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Examples
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Article on how to build a "ropewalk" for constructing rope for ship models.
MAKE Magazine 2010
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It was a ropewalk, and filled with stores of hemp, tar, and other flammable materials.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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It was a ropewalk, and filled with stores of hemp, tar, and other flammable materials.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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It was a ropewalk, and filled with stores of hemp, tar, and other flammable materials.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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On the land side of First stood the old brick shipbuilding factories, including an obsolete ropewalk building a quarter mile long.
The Town Chuck Hogan 2004
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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 Burning City Larry Niven 2000
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The square, the new ropewalk we'd paid so much to build after we lost the Ropewalker family!
The Burning City Niven, Larry 2000
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Whandall thought he saw shadows moving near the ropewalk.
The Burning City Niven, Larry 2000
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Expensive to set up, but a ropewalk makes good money, he said.
The Burning City Larry Niven 2000
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Whandall thought he saw shadows moving near the ropewalk.
The Burning City Larry Niven 2000
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