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Definition of Headrope
1. n. That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
Definition of Headrope
1. Noun. (nautical) The part of a boltrope that is sewn to the upper edge or head of a sail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headrope
1. a rope for leading an animal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headrope
Literary usage of Headrope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Financial Support to Fisheries: Implications for Sustainable Development by Anthony Cox, Carl-Christian Michael Roedsted Schmidt (2006)
"In July 2000, the change from managing fishing effort through units based on
engine size and vessel-hull volume to gear-units based on the headrope length ..."
2. A Manual of the Examination of Masters and Mates as Instituted by the by William C Seaton (1875)
"Stop the midship part of the headrope to the inner bunt- lines, and the outer
headrope and earing to the ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1898)
"This net, several hundred yards long, must stand vertically extended on the bottom
by lead along its foot rope, and cork along its headrope. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"... without the least entanglement; one at the headrope or corked side, the other
at the foot-rope or leaded border. ..."
5. 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 ..."
6. Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes by George Catlin (1868)
"... (as they were occasionally showing their teeth at each other), he took his
position in -the crotch of a little sapling tree to which the headrope of my ..."
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