单词 | rope-climbing |
释义 | > as lemmasrope-climbing (b) With verbal nouns and present participles, as rope-breaking, rope-climbing, rope-closing, rope-laying, rope-making, rope spinning, etc. ΚΠ 1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi 167 The Moscovites do send into all parts of Europe excellent Hempe and Flaxe for rope-making, many Oxe-hides, and great store of Waxe. 1717 W. Sutherland Prices Labour in Ship-building 262 The Art of Rope-making or Spinning, is very extensive. 1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 162 Any rope-making legislator, or any legislator's rope-making friend. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. xiii. 406 A process more singular than that of rope-spinning. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 62 Rope-making and wire-working belong also to this head. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) The ancient custom of rope-pulling is always strictly observed in Ludlow on Shrove Tuesday. 1861 T. McCombie Austral. Sketches 193 Another death from rope-breaking occurred on the Terrible lead. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 846/1 An American rope-laying machine is in use. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 846/1 They receive no foretwist in the rope-closing apparatus. 1903 Handbk. Physical Training (Admiralty) i. 30 For rope climbing the class will be formed up about 4 paces from the ropes. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 July 10/2 Mr. Ash..had plenty of thrills among the Mexican bandits and cattle thieves, during which time he became expert with the revolver, the lasso, and rope spinning. 1969 G. E. Evans Farm & Village xi. 126 This saddler's shop, with ‘a rope-spinning ground’ behind it was sold by auction in July 1875 at the Lion Inn, Debenham. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 20 Jan. 48/4 ‘Punk-rope’ is 45 minutes of fast rope-jumping set to hardcore punk music. < as lemmas |
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