Associations to the word «Ropework»

Wiktionary

ROPEWORK, noun. (nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike
ROPEWORK, noun. A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.