ropewalk

[ rohp-wawk ]

/ ˈroʊpˌwɔk /

a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.

Origin of ropewalk

First recorded in 1665–75; rope + walk

A man, who worked in the ropewalk, said something to them which they did not like, and they beat him.

Whig Against Tory |Unknown
Again he spoke of "a fellow who couldn't go straight in a ropewalk."

Reminiscences, 1819-1899 |Julia Ward Howe.
From her ropewalk came the rope to hoist the sails made in her sail lofts.

Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia |Cerinda W. Evans
I felt even more lost and friendless as I entered the long, cold arcade (known as the Ropewalk) of the Albany.

Simon the Jester |William J. Locke

This establishment suffered the same fate as the Warwick ropewalk during Arnold's raid in 1781.

Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia |Cerinda W. Evans

ropewalk

/ (ˈrəʊpˌwɔːk) /

a long narrow usually covered path or shed where ropes are made