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/roʊp lˈædər/ Listen

noun

Rope n.

1.

A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

2.

A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.

3.

pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.

Rope ladder, a ladder made of ropes.

Rope mat., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.

Rope of sand, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon.

Rope pump, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope.

Rope transmission (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys.

Rope's end, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment.

To give one rope, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked.

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"Rope ladder" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Essie, I have missed your mother a long while, and nobody knows how that kind of missing hurts; but it seems to me I never missed her as I do to-day. I need her to advise me about you, Essie. It is like this: I don't want to be a stern parent any more than you want to elope on a rope ladder. We have got to look at this thing together, my dear little girl, and try ...

— Stories of a Western Town • Octave Thanet

... and the gun deck was twelve feet. A fireproof platform four feet wide with a railing four feet high of netting, encircled the smokestack about twenty feet above the gun and connected with it by a rope ladder. It was the lookout station and the Captain's post in battle from where he ...

— Eurasia • Christopher Evans

... rope ladder that will enable you to climb to the top of the wall and descend into the City. But if anyone should see you, you would ...

— Sky Island - Being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n - Bill after their visit to the sea fairies • L. Frank Baum

... chuckling with delight. She felt almost like a captive of the Middle Ages, and was beginning to plan a romantic escape down an improvised rope ladder, when it occurred to her that she would scarcely know what to do with her liberty if ...

— The Jolliest School of All • Angela Brazil

... as she pulled, a rope ladder came tumbling down from the edge of the little porch. It was a queer- looking ladder, the sides being of rope and the rounds of wood, while the top seemed to be securely fastened to the ...

— Marjorie's Vacation • Carolyn Wells

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