MANROPE

Etymology

Noun

manrope (plural manropes)

(nautical) Each of the side ropes to a gangway or ladder of a ship.

Anagrams

• repo man, ropeman

Source: Wiktionary


Man"rope`, n. (Naut.)

Definition: One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship. Totten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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