1769 W. Falconer Transl. French Terms Tire-veilles, the man ropes, or entering-ropes of the side.
1851 H. Melville viii. 42 With both hands grasping the ornamental knobs of the man-ropes.
1927 20 July 4/2 The gig is alongside the gangway..decorated with white manropes before the Captain appears.