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footrope

noun

Etymology

From foot + rope.

  1. derived from *h₁roypnós✻ — “strap, band, rope”
  2. inherited from *raipaz✻
  3. inherited from *raip✻
  4. inherited from rāp — “rope, cord, cable”
  5. inherited from rop
  6. compounded as footrope — “foot + rope”

Definitions

  1. a rope attached to the lower part of a sail

  2. a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing

  3. a rope or chain forming the bottom edge of a trawl net, helping to maintain the net's…

    a rope or chain forming the bottom edge of a trawl net, helping to maintain the net's shape and depth in the water.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA