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Definition of "ropewalk" [rope•walk]

  • A long alley or covered pathway where strands of material, such as hemp fiber, are laid and twisted into rope. (noun)
  • A long narrow building containing such a pathway. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ropewalk" in a sentence
  • "Article on how to build a "ropewalk" for constructing rope for ship models."
  • "It was a ropewalk, and filled with stores of hemp, tar, and other flammable materials."
  • "On the land side of First stood the old brick shipbuilding factories, including an obsolete ropewalk building a quarter mile long."