# ropework

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.
2. A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture.

## Etymology
From rope + -work.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ropework