ropery

English

Etymology

rope +‎ -ery

Noun

ropery (countable and uncountable, plural roperies)

1. (obsolete) Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
   • c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 4,^[1]

     Marry, farewell! I pray you, sir, what saucy

     merchant was this, that was so full of his ropery?

2. A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

Translations

rope factory — see ropewalk

Further reading

• Ropewalk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• Chatham Victorian ropery

References

• “ropery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Ropery on the Free Dictionary
• Romeo and Juliet on Yahoo!, see the glossary for "Ropery"