Footrope

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A rope attached to the lower border of a sail.
  • n. Nautical A rope, rigged beneath a yard, for sailors to stand on during the reefing or furling of sail.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
  • n. a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.
  • n. That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Nautical: The bolt-rope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.
  • n. A rope extended under a yard from the middle to the yardarm, and under the jib- and spanker-booms, for the men to stand on while reefing or furling.
    • Word Usage
    "When it came my time, I stepped past the Kidona swanneck that secured the footrope of the bridge and out onto it."
    Variant
    horse   
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