Definition of Ridge rope

1. Noun. Either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship.

Generic synonyms: Lifeline
Group relationships: Ship

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridge Rope

riderships
rides
rideshare
ridesharer
ridesharers
rideshares
ridesharing
ridest
rideth
ridge
ridge-runner
ridge course
ridge relation
ridge resorption
ridge rope (current term)
ridge tile
ridge vent
ridge vents
ridgeback
ridgebacks
ridgebone
ridgebones
ridged
ridged band
ridgehead
ridgeheads
ridgel
ridgelet
ridgelets

Literary usage of Ridge rope

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

1. A Complete handbook for the Hospital Corps of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1906)
"The loop of the ridge-rope is slipped over the pin of one of the uprights and ... The three short rope supports are then hooked over the ridge-rope through ..."

2. Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp (1884)
"It is fitted as follows : the roof is a sheet of mackintosh 6ft. long by 4ft. wide; along the centre of this on the inside runs a ridge rope, the fore end ..."

3. Naval Hygiene by James Duncan Gatewood (1909)
"The awning or roof of the tent is then stopped out to the ridge rope, ... Side curtains of less heavy white canvas are stopped to the ridge rope when they ..."

4. The Sportsman's Workshop by Warren Hastings Miller (1921)
"The bed poles are lashed to the shear legs about a foot above the ground, and the tarp is spread over the ridge rope, pegged down flat to windward, ..."

5. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1859)
"Two stout poles, outside the tent, ¡ire four and a half or five feet high, and are connected with a ridge rope eight feet long, ..."

6. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1821)
"The ridge rope of the tent was fixed to the mizen-mast? Yes. What was the tent made of? Malta cotton, I believe. It was the ship's lent? ..."

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