English

Noun

ropework ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ropeworks)

1. (nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike
2. A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture

Related terms

• ropeworker
• ropeworking