Definition of Headropes

1. Noun. (plural of headrope) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headropes

1. headrope [n] - See also: headrope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headropes

headquarters staff
headrace
headraces
headrail
headrails
headrest
headrests
headrig
headright
headrigs
headring
headrings
headroom
headrooms
headrope
headropes (current term)
headrush
headrushes
headrushing
heads
heads-up
heads-up display
heads-up displays
heads-ups
heads I win, tails you lose
heads of agreement
heads of government
heads of hair
heads of household
heads of state

Literary usage of Headropes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of Composition and Rhetoric by John Franklin Genung, Charles Lane Hanson (1915)
"... many men were killed, and cattle rigid in their headropes. Then I heard that fearful sound which never I had heard before, neither since have heard, ..."

2. The Battle of Tofrek: Fought Near Suâkin, March 22nd, 1885, Under Major by William Galloway (1887)
"To pull on their headropes, either on foot or horseback, was found equally useless, and many of them strayed into the bush, which was full of them, ..."

3. Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04 by Great Britain War Office. General Staff (1907)
"The brands should be carefully selected, as Somalis copy them easily, and besides branding irons a veterinary chest, headropes, mange dressings and a spring ..."

4. Captain Cartwright and His Labrador Journal by George Cartwright (1911)
"at the other to capstans, which are fixed on this island; by these means, the headropes are either lowered to the bottom, or raised to the surface of the ..."

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