ˈrope-yard
[rope n.1]
† 1. = roband. Obs.—0 (? Error for rope-yarn.)
| 1611 Cotgr., Rabans, rope-yards; the ropes, or treble cordes whereby the sayles of a ship are tied vnto the yardes. |
2. A yard where ropes are made.
| 1664 Pepys Diary 19 July, Down by water to Woolwich, where coming to the rope-yarde..we are told that Mr. Falconer..is just dead. 1714 Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) I. 420 This article alone would yield many a tedious holiday to the anchor-smiths and the rope-yards. 1864 Spencer Illustr. Progress 188 There are the vessels in which cotton is imported, with the building-slips, the rope-yards. |