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Definition of Footrope
1. n. The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.
Definition of Footrope
1. Noun. (nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Footrope
1. a rope used in sailing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Footrope
Literary usage of Footrope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford by Leslie Cope Cornford (1914)
"I have never forgotten my feelings, when I saw certain death approaching while
my feet were clawing about for the footrope. When the hands were turned out ..."
2. The Mechanics of Writing: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Manuscript by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1909)
"... hold of the footrope as he passed it and remained hanging by it the sea was
below him at a dizzy depth and the shock of his fall had given the footrope ..."
3. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1897)
"50 32-3 Or read 'grow longer owing to one hoof being extended behind by means of
a footrope': for this method of hobbling, the object of which was to give ..."
4. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnol (1992)
"The vertical opening (the distance between the trawl headrope and footrope) on
small trawls is measured with a fiberglass measuring rod marked in 6 inch ..."
5. Under Sail by Felix Riesenberg (1918)
"... and he, holding on to the jackstay with all of his might, turned a complete
somersault as his heavy boots shot up from the footrope. ..."
6. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1904)
"The master being a man of good spirit resolutely made quicke dispatch & set sails.
Our sailes had not bene hälfe an houre aboord, but the footrope of our ..."
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