ropemaking

[ rohp-mey-king ]

noun

1. the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.

Other Words From

• ropemaker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ropemaking¹

First recorded in 1785–95; rope + making

Example Sentences

At the same time, the module’s thick fabric walls—made of tough layers of exotic materials such as Vectran, a Kevlar-like substance used in ropemaking, or Nomex, which is used to make firefighting clothing—ought to offer astronauts better protection from the hazards of space than metal walls do.

From Economist

A Treatise on Ropemaking as practised in public and private Rope-yards, with a Description of the Manufacture, Rules, Tables of Weights, etc., adapted to the Trade, Shipping, Mining, Railways, Builders, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

A Treatise on Ropemaking as practised in public and private Rope-yards, with a Description of the Manufacture, Rules, Tables of Weights, etc., adapted to the Trade, Shipping, Mining, Railways, Builders, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

At the beginning of the Corderie dell'Arsenale, the epic former ropemaking factory of the Venetian navy where a biennale curator tries to make his or her case, there is a 3D movie about that campus building directed by Wim Wenders.

From The Guardian

Limning, as painting was called, was a trade, like ropemaking or wheelwrighting.

From Time Magazine Archive