-
cable Hawser-
laid rope (Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943)
Because rope has a long history, many
systems have been used to
specify the size of a
rope. In systems...
- Wire
rope is
composed of as few as two solid,
metal wires twisted into a
helix that
forms a
composite rope, in a
pattern known as
laid rope.
Larger diameter...
-
Shimenawa (標縄/注連縄/七五三縄, lit. 'enclosing
rope') are
lengths of
laid rice
straw or hemp
rope used for
ritual purification in the
Shinto religion. Shimenawa...
-
meaning '
rope'. In a funicular, both cars are
permanently connected to the
opposite ends of the same cable,
known as a haul
rope; this haul
rope runs through...
- sail for deep
water anchoring,
heavy lifting, ship to ship
transfers and
towing during blue sea
sailing and
other uses.
Ordinary rope is not waterproof...
-
Rope splicing in
ropework is the
forming of a semi-permanent
joint between two
ropes or two
parts of the same
rope by
partly untwisting and then interweaving...
- Top
rope climbing (or top
roping) is a form of rock
climbing where the
climber is
securely attached to a
climbing rope that runs
through a
fixed anchor...
- in
rope with
braided cover and a
laid core Eyes
splice in
rope with
braided cover and
parallel fibers in the core Eye
splice in
double braided rope with...
-
laid to
prevent mortar dropping from
blocking the tubes. The
thickness of the
plastic tube,
however small, will
create a
small dam that
allows water to...
- bends, loop knots, and splices: a
hitch fastens a
rope to
another object; a bend
fastens two ends of a
rope to each another; a loop knot is any knot creating...
