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Definition of Boltrope
1. n. A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
Definition of Boltrope
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bolt-rope) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boltrope
1. a rope sewn to a sail [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boltrope
Literary usage of Boltrope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1824)
"The conversation between boltrope and the chaplain, as they are waiting in the
... boltrope has a mortal aversion to knee-breeches, which, as he imagines, ..."
2. Cooper's Works by James Fenimore Cooper (1855)
"Oh ! no—no—dear Mr. boltrope, you mistook me and my doctrine altogether ! ...
Is there nothing earthly that hangs upon your mind, boltrope ? no wish to be ..."
3. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Classical, Mediæval, Legendary; Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"boltrope, in J. Fenimore Cooper's romance of the sea, The Pilot. The author
considered this a finer bit of character painting than Long Tom Coffin in the ..."
4. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1824)
"The conversation between boltrope and the chaplain, as they are waiting in the
... boltrope has a mortal aversion to knee-breeches, which, as he imagines, ..."
5. Cooper's Works by James Fenimore Cooper (1855)
"Oh ! no—no—dear Mr. boltrope, you mistook me and my doctrine altogether ! ...
Is there nothing earthly that hangs upon your mind, boltrope ? no wish to be ..."
6. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Classical, Mediæval, Legendary; Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"boltrope, in J. Fenimore Cooper's romance of the sea, The Pilot. The author
considered this a finer bit of character painting than Long Tom Coffin in the ..."
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