(humorous) Said as a mild admonishment to somebody who is always complaining.

An arrangement of overhead cables suspended from towers and supporting travelling buckets used for transporting ore, rock, materials and or people, usually over rough terrain.

A place where rope is made, a rope factory. / A long straight narrow lane, or a covered pathway, where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope.

(obsolete) Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble. / A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso. / (dated) A ropemaker (a maker of ropes). / One who ropes goods; a packer.

A building for storing and repairing of nets, ropes, and ships' rigging.

plural of ropeloft

Alternative spelling of ropy

plural of roper

(nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike