grab rope

noun

, Nautical.

1. a rope supported to afford a hold for a person walking up a gangplank, working aloft, etc.

Example Sentences

“Then you have time to get your rings, to come off the jumps in good position, to make good landings. If all of those things are in place, you have time to grab rope. The closer you finish to that horse — if you get 15 feet closer, that’s a tenth of a second. That’s enough to win it sometimes.”

From New York Times

Near by we found him with his arm twisted round the grab rope of the lifebuoy.

From Project Gutenberg