manrope

English

Alternative forms

• man-rope

Etymology

man +‎ rope

Noun

manrope (plural manropes)

1. (nautical) Each of the side ropes to a gangway or ladder of a ship.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     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