lane ropes

Floating swim dividers

Lane ropes are the floating dividers that separate swimming lanes in a pool, strung between the ends of the pool and typically made of connected plastic discs or cylinders.

They reduce wave interference between swimmers and mark lane boundaries during races and lap swimming: She touched the lane rope on her turn.

Related

floats · competition · swim meet · markers · plastic · waves · splash · water resistance · freestyle · race · chlorine · turquoise · backstroke · Olympic · Olympic trials · training · boundaries · strokes

Categories
Opposites
barrier permeability

lane ropeswalls

Vertical enclosing structures

bulkheads · glass partitions

aquatic structure type

lane ropespool deck

Paved area around water

diving platforms · starting blocks

division method

lane ropesopen water

Unobstructed body navigable freely

wave pool · leisure pool · painted lines · lagoon

Family

lane, lanes, rope, ropes, roped, roping, ropey, ropy

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G