单词 | rope length |
释义 | > as lemmasrope length rope length n. [compare earlier rope's length n.] the length of a rope, esp. that of a measuring rope (see sense 2a). ΚΠ 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 ii. 728 Dry walls, built 4 feet high at 1d. a foot (20d. per rope length). 1896 S. W. Robinson Princ. Mechanism xxii. 254 Ingenious compensating devices are in use to provide for the variation in rope length. 1973 Econ. Bot. 27 296/2 Every article made by the Kwakiutl was precisely measured in finger widths, hand spans, or rope lengths to a standardized size and shape. 1993 San Francisco Examiner 1 Aug. (Image) 14/1 The route we are starting up consists of 32 pitches, or rope-lengths, of vertical cracks and is called the Triple Direct. < as lemmas |
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