manrope

English

Alternative forms

• man-rope

Etymology

man +‎ rope

Noun

manrope (plural manropes)

1. (nautical) Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     Halting for an instant at the foot of the ladder, and with both hands grasping the ornamental knobs of the man-ropes, Father Mapple cast a look upwards, and then with a truly sailor-like but still reverential dexterity, hand over hand, mounted the steps as if ascending the main-top of his vessel.

Anagrams

• repo man, ropeman