top-rope

noun

A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.

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Meanings

nountop-rope (plural top-ropes)

plural top-ropes

  1. nauticalA rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
  2. climbingA rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.
verbtop-rope (third-person singular simple present top-ropes, present participle top-roping, simple past and past participle top-roped)

present singular third person top-ropes · participle present top-roping · participle past top-roped · past top-roped

  1. climbingTo belay from a fixed anchor point above the climber.
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APA

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Chicago

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