(dated) A tightrope walker; an acrobat.

(nautical) The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.

simple past tense and past participle of rope's-end

(transitive) To beat with the end of a rope.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rope's-end

present participle of rope's-end

A vitreous sponge of the order Hexactinellida, with a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long glassy siliceous fibres twisted together.

Traditionally made twisted rope.

A bridge constructed chiefly of rope.

(nautical) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.