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Definition of Towropes
1. towrope [n] - See also: towrope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Towropes
Literary usage of Towropes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Korea and Her Neighbors: A Narrative of Travel, with an Account of the by Isabella Lucy Bird (1905)
"... worked with both strength and skill, and Mr. Miller and his servant toiled at
the towropes, and in great exigencies I gave a haul myself, we sometimes ..."
2. The "Novik" and the Part She Played in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904 by Andreĭ Petrovich Steer (1913)
"Two of them parted their towropes, went down stream, and in the end one of these
was capsized; eventually both were retrieved. ..."
3. The Story of the London Parks by L. R. Sadler (1881)
"... was a lively bustle aboard the fleet : sails were bent, flags hoisted, cannons*
embarked, and towropes launched through the ..."
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