rope-making
Crafting twisted lines
Rope-making is the craft or industry of producing rope by twisting or braiding fibers together.
Traditional rope-making used natural materials like hemp, sisal, or cotton; modern methods often use synthetic fibers.
The term applies both to the manual craft and industrial manufacturing: His family has been in rope-making for generations.
Ropes and twines collectively
Industrial fiber crop
- sisalAgave-derived rope fiber
- manilaYellowish-brown hemp material
- jutePlant fiber for sacking
- coirPalm-fruit husk fiber
cotton · nylon · polyester · polypropylene · abaca · flax · coconut · synthetic
Ropes controlling ship sails
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- shipyardVessel construction site
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
anchor · halyard · shroud · hawser · cable · tarring · ropewalk · chandlery
Industrial product creation
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- extrusionPushing through a die
- productionMaking or generating something
- factoryIndustrial production facility
tensile strength · load capacity · diameter · specification · quality control · winding · coiling · spool
Fiber-twisting manufacturing lane
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- colonialOf occupied territories
naval history · cottage industry · hand-spinning · traditional · artisan · heritage · ancient · Egyptian
cordage
Ropes and twines collectively
- twistingRotating with distortion
- braidingInterlacing three strands
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
fiber · hemp · sisal · jute · manila · strand · ply · lay · yarn · spinning
hemp
Industrial fiber crop
coir · cotton · nylon · polyester · polypropylene · abaca · flax · coconut · synthetic · natural fiber
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
mooring · anchor · halyard · shroud · hawser · cable · tarring · ropewalk · chandlery · seamanship
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- extrusionPushing through a die
- productionMaking or generating something
factory · tensile strength · load capacity · diameter · specification · quality control · winding · coiling · spool · packaging
ropewalk
Fiber-twisting manufacturing lane
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
colonial · naval history · cottage industry · hand-spinning · traditional · artisan · heritage · ancient · Egyptian · maritime trade
rope-makingweaving
Interlacing strands into fabric
knitting · lace-making · felting · crocheting · embroidery
rope, making, ropes, roped, roping, ropy, make, makes, maker