ropework

noun — 2 senses

ropework

noun

Etymology From rope + -work.

1

Nautical, Transport The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.

2

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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