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Ropework
noun
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Noun
- 1 The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike. countable, uncountable
- 2 A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From rope + -work.
See also for "ropework"
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