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Definition of Ropework
1. Noun. (nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike ¹
2. Noun. A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ropework
1. a rope-walk or rope factory [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropework
Literary usage of Ropework
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aberbrothock Illustrated: Being the Round O Etchings in Miniature by John Adam by George Hay (1886)
"... ropework (28). The sheet of water shown here, and still better shown in No.
26, is a favourite resort for swimmers. The Shore (29), another of the ..."
2. Historical Sketches of the Town & Harbours of Greenock by Dugald Campbell (1879)
"The sea beach, which came up close to the north wall, began at the West Quay and
continued unbroken, save at the ropework Quay, until it reached Gourock. ..."
3. The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the (1846)
"15, and the said Acts have been construed to apply to ropework» ; and it is ...
That no ropery, ropewalk, or ropework in which machinery, moved by steam, ..."
4. Old Glasgow and Its Environs: Historical and Topographical by Robert Reid (1864)
"The proprietors of the ground on the south side of Anderston Walk at this time
appear to have been the above James Graham, owner of the ropework, ..."
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