ropemaker
7.7
A person who makes ropes by hand or using machines
- noun
- /ˈroʊpˌmeɪkər/
:
fabricante de cuerdas
- The ropemaker skillfully crafted a thick rope for the fishing nets.
Examples
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In the small village, the ropemaker worked tirelessly, producing ropes of various lengths.
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Would he blend with Navin the Ropemaker if and when he died?
Fiction book (1990) -
Four artisan groups (e.g., woodcarvers, smiths, ropemakers) have their own Poro, though the farmers maintain that theirs was the first.
Academic text (1993) -
Local fishermen relied on the ropemaker's expertise to supply durable ropes for their boats.
Synonyms
roper
vsropemaker
1
8.6
A person who makes ropes for ships and farms
includes the detail of making by hand or with machinery
rope-maker
vsropemaker
5.8
A person who makes long strong cords by twisting fibers
is the same occupation written without a hyphen
Surface Forms
ropemaker singular
ropemakers plural
Morphology
Etymology
Ropemaker is just rope + maker, so it literally means 'one who makes ropes'. Think of a person twisting fibers into a strong line for ships or buildings, and that image shows why the word means a person whose job is making ropes.