Dragrope

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rope used to drag something.

    "Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was Molly, pulling away for dear life."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”). alt-of, alternative

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"Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was Molly, pulling away for dear life."

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