boatrope

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noun

A rope used for the rigging of a boat.

OriginMiddle English boterop →
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Meanings

nounboatrope (plural boatropes)

plural boatropes · alternative boat-rope · alternative boat rope

  1. A rope used for the rigging of a boat.

    The seaboat is fully manned and half way to the water down the ship's side, on deck a team of hefty sailors stand ready with the boatrope in hand poised for the seaboat to hit the water.

    2016, Capt. C W Malins RN, Away Seaboat

Origin

  1. Middle Englishboterop
  2. Englishboatrope

From Middle English boterop, botrop, equivalent to boat + rope.

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APA

boatrope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatrope

MLA

“boatrope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatrope. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boatrope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatrope.

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