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ropewalk

[ rohp-wawk ]

noun

  1. a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.


ropewalk

/ ˈrəʊpˌwɔːk /

noun

  1. a long narrow usually covered path or shed where ropes are made
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ropewalk1

First recorded in 1665–75; rope + walk
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Example Sentences

I felt even more lost and friendless as I entered the long, cold arcade (known as the Ropewalk) of the Albany.

From her ropewalk came the rope to hoist the sails made in her sail lofts.

This establishment suffered the same fate as the Warwick ropewalk during Arnold's raid in 1781.

There was a ropewalk here which extended from where the angle of the building faces the Amphitheatre, as far as Renshaw-street.

This property was afterwards purchased by James Forman, Junior, and the old ropewalk building removed.

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