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ropework
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Etymology
Noun
ropework (countable and uncountable, plural ropeworks)
- (nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.
- A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture.
Related terms
- ropeworker
- ropeworking
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