Associations to the word «Footrope»

Wiktionary

FOOTROPE, noun. (nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
FOOTROPE, noun. (nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne