rope : Idioms & Phrases


anchor rope

  • noun the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel
    anchor chain.
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Bell rope

  • a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
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Boat rope

  • a rope for fastening a boat; usually called a painter.
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calf roping

  • noun capturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet
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Cart rope

  • a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope.
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Flat rope

  • a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting; gasket; sennit. Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a wide, flat band. Knight.
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Gift rope

  • (Naut), a rope extended to a boat for towing it; a guest rope.
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glass-rope

Glass"-rope` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.
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guess rope

Guess" rope"
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  1. (Naut.) A guess warp.
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guest rope

Guest" rope"
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  1. (Naut.) The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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guide rope

  • noun a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane
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guy rope

  • noun a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
    guy; guy wire; guy cable.
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hangman's rope

  • noun a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
    hempen necktie; hemp; hangman's halter; halter.
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Holy rope

  • a plant, the hemp agrimony.
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Jaw rope

  • (Naut.), a rope which holds the jaws of a gaff to the mast.
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jump rope

  • noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
    jump rope; skip rope.
  • noun a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope
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Leech rope

  • that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed.
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Left-hand rope

  • rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; called also water-laid rope.
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Limber rope, Limber chainLimber clearer

  • (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. Totten.
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ridge rope

  • noun either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship
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Right-hand rope

  • a rope which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.
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rope bridge

  • noun a bridge consisting of ropes
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rope burn

  • noun abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope
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rope down

  • verb lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
    abseil; rappel.
    • The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous
    • You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing
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rope in

  • verb divide by means of a rope
    rope in; cordon off.
    • The police roped off the area where the crime occurred
  • verb draw in as if with a rope; lure
    • The agent had roped in several customers
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Rope ladder

  • noun a ladder with side pieces of rope
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  • a ladder made of ropes.
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Rope mat

  • ., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.
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Rope of sand

  • something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon.
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rope off

  • verb divide by means of a rope
    rope in; cordon off.
    • The police roped off the area where the crime occurred
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Rope pump

  • a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope.
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rope tow

  • noun a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto
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Rope transmission

  • (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys.
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rope up

  • verb attach to one another, for safety
    • The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent
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rope yard

  • noun workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
    ropewalk.
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rope yarn

  • noun the strands out of which ropes are made
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Rope's end

  • a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment.
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rope's-end

Rope's"-end` transitive verb
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  1. To punish with a rope's end.
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rope-a-dope

  • noun a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches
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rope-maker

  • noun a craftsman who makes ropes
    roper; ropemaker.
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rope-yarn

Rope"-yarn` noun
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  1. the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
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skip rope

  • noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
    jump rope; skip rope.
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skipping rope

  • noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
    jump rope; skip rope.
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Slip rope

  • (Naut.), a rope by which a cable is secured preparatory to slipping. Totten.
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steer roping

  • noun capturing a steer with a lasso
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Tiller rope

  • (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.
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To back a rope

  • to put on a preventer.
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To dance on a rope, ∨ To dance on nothing

  • to be hanged.
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To give one rope

  • to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked.
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To marry ropes

  • . (Naut.) (a) To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time . (b) To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block.
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To parcel a rope

  • (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. Totten.
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To point a rope

  • (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles.
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To shorten a rope

  • (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
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To snub a cablerope

  • (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out.
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top-rope

Top"-rope` noun
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  1. (Naut.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
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towing rope

  • noun (nautical) a rope used in towing
    towing line; towrope; towline.
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Wain rope

  • a cart rope.
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Wheel chains, ∨ Wheel ropes

  • (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder.
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Wheel rope

  • (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under Tiller.
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White rope

  • (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
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Wire rope

  • a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires.
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