Nautical. A rope or light hawser attached at one end to some fixed object, used in hauling or in moving a ship from one place to another in a…

? some kind of rope used for scaffolding.

? A warping rope.

A rope for some mechanical purpose.

A rope, mat, or other item made of such fibre. Cf. bass, n.2 2. rare (chiefly English regional) after Middle English.

A rope tied around the chest, esp. as a means of supporting and securing a burden carried on one's back. Obsolete. rare.

? a line hanging from the cross-beams.

Nautical. A type of rope. Obsolete. rare.

In names of various tools and implements. A short rope or chain (spec. = †short for shank-painter n. at compounds 2); ‘a tie-strap of a halter; the…

Nautical and Military. = selvagee, n.

a shroud-laid rope.

Chiefly Nautical. A fine undyed or untarred cord or rope.

(See quot. 1867.)

English regional. A band or rope used for fastening a gate.

(see quot. 1794).

attributive (or ? the participle adj.), as in bracing-girdle, bracing-rope; bracing-chain n. a chain used to bind together the sides of a wagon…

(sense 4).

A rope of esparto grass or other material. Also attributive.

(see quot.; cf. four-strand adj.).

see quot.

More fully maguey rope. A rope made from this fibre.

= snotter, n.2 2.

A length of rope with an eye spliced in each end.