Meaning of dragrope | Babel Free

Definitions

A rope used to drag something.

Examples

“Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was Molly, pulling away for dear life.”

“The side of our ship was wasp-coloured as befits a warship, black and yellow and streaming. Certainly the first operation of the dragrope had been successful until it jammed. There was no doubt of that.[…]”

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