ˈrope-like, adv. and a.
[rope n.1]
a. adv. After the manner of a rope. b. adj. Resembling a rope.
| 1840 Emerson Woodnotes 1, in Dial Oct. 244 The rope⁓like pine roots crosswise grown Composed the network of his throne. 1849 Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia III. 144 The left tusk..tapering gradually to a point, with a spiral twist (ropelike) throughout its whole extent. 1867 Latham Black & White 118 Parasitic plants and rope-like lianas begin to appear. 1883 W. S. Kent Fisheries Bahamas 37 The rope-like bundle of spicules, that in Hyalonema form a simple stalk. |