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rope yard

rope yard

8.2
A long narrow workplace where people make strong lines for ships
  • noun
translation icon : fábrica de cuerdas
  • The old rope yard near the harbor is now a museum dedicated to traditional rope-making.

Examples

  • Sailors often worked in the rope yard to produce strong lines for ships.

  • He visited a historic rope yard to learn about maritime crafts.

  • The rope yard was bustling with workers.

  • Many rope yards are located near the waterfront.

  • He visited a historic rope yard to learn about maritime crafts.

  • Sailors often worked in the rope yard to produce strong lines for ships.

  • The old rope yard near the harbor is now a museum dedicated to traditional rope-making.

Synonyms

ropewalk
vsrope yard
9.9

A long narrow building where people twist fibers into strong cords

is the general workplace for making cord rather than the narrow covered path

Surface Forms

rope yard singular
rope yards plural

Morphology

rope + yard

The meaning 'a workplace where rope is manufactured' is directly inferable from combining 'rope' (the product) with 'yard' (a place or area associated with an industry), following the same productive pattern as shipyard or lumberyard. This is a common, compositional noun-compound pattern in English (and found across languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily predict the meaning.

Etymology

Rope yard comes from the old places where workers stretched fibers along a long yard and twisted them into rope, so it literally names 'a workplace where rope is made'.