manrope

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noun

Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.

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Meanings

nounmanrope (plural manropes)

plural manropes · alternative man-rope

  1. nauticalEach of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.

    Halting for an instant at the foot of the ladder, and with both hands grasping the ornamental knobs of the man-ropes, Father Mapple cast a look upwards, and then with a truly sailor-like but still reverential dexterity, hand over hand, mounted the steps as if ascending the main-top of his vessel.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin

From man + rope.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ropeman
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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