| 单词 | ropewalk |
| 例句 | We stood in the shadows of a ropewalk and observed the men dragging their cranked engines up and down the long corridor, twisting fibers into cord. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One day an errand took him to a long building called a ropewalk. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Nettling, net′ling, n. the joining of two ropes, end to end, without seam: the tying in pairs of yarns in a ropewalk to prevent tangling. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z This property was afterwards purchased by James Forman, Junior, and the old ropewalk building removed. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z They passed a ropewalk, then a range of low-built houses, inside which there were pots of tar and splinters of wood; and brats went along the sand turning head over heels. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Again he spoke of "a fellow who couldn't go straight in a ropewalk." Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The challenger rode idle and alone up and down the ropewalk. Pretty Michal From her ropewalks came the rope to hoist the sails made in her sail lofts. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Beyond the barracks a little distance he saw Mr. Gray’s ropewalk. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance No wonder that it made an inexperienced boy want to go to sea, and especially such boys as led an uneventful life in the ropewalk or in the candle shop! True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Many of the ropewalks up at the northern end were silent now. A Little Girl in Old Boston There was a ropewalk here which extended from where the angle of the building faces the Amphitheatre, as far as Renshaw-street. Recollections of Old Liverpool Ships, sail lofts, ropewalks, horses, pigs, and fire engines took their proper places, and the town lived again as of yore—in my imagination. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Pretty soon between thirty and forty of the hirelings, armed with bayonets, clubs, and cutlasses, rushed down to the ropewalk. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance On the 2nd of March, 1770, a fray took place near Mr. Gray's ropewalk, between a private soldier of the 20th Regiment and an inhabitant. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 There was but one ropewalk, and that was on the neck, inside the gate. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts Some of them were fresh from the affray at the barracks, and some of the soldiers had been in the affair at the ropewalks. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Empty are the ropewalks of docile slave and pungent hemp. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria A party of six, two of whom, Kilroi and Montgomery, had been worsted at the ropewalk, formed, with a corporal in front and Preston following. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Then we can walk back by the avenue of birches or through the ropewalk. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 The cistern has long been empty, and is used as a ropewalk. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 No important action was taken by the Council, although the apprehension was expressed that the ropewalk affair might grow into a general quarrel. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Where the great shipyards down whose ways slipped vessels of any magnitude; the ropewalks where black slaves trod the weary miles twisting the hemp to lift the sails made in Alexandria sail lofts? Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria He passed an empty ropewalk, the hemp strewn untidily about, as if the workers had left hurriedly. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West It was arranged as formerly that Roswitha should come to meet her at the end of the ropewalk, or near the churchyard, but they missed each other oftener than before. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 He visited cutleries, ropewalks, and other manufactories, and everywhere tried his hand at the work: in a paper manufactory he made some paper. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 We looked at ropewalks, rigging-lofts, ships in the stocks; and saw the sailors of the station laughing and sporting with great mirth and cheerfulness, which the Commodore said was much increased at sea. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 One evening some British soldiers were near a ropewalk in Boston. Whig Against Tory The Military Adventures of a Shoemaker, a Tale of the Revolution I went into empty ropewalks, workshops, and smithies. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 Captain Jonathan Haraden, the finest privateersman of the Revolution, made the rigging for the mainmast at his ropewalk in Brown Street. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Glass factories were established, and ropewalks, sail lofts, boatyards, anchor smithies, and brickyards, were soon ready to supply the rapidly increasing demands of the infant cities and the countryside on the lower Ohio. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway A man, who worked in the ropewalk, said something to them which they did not like, and they beat him. Whig Against Tory The Military Adventures of a Shoemaker, a Tale of the Revolution |
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