fallrep

== Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch valreep. By surface analysis, fall +‎ rep. Originally about the two ropes on either side of the ladder. Cognate of Danish faldereb, German Fallreep. === Noun === fallrep n (nautical) accommodation ladder (in "vara på fallrepet") on the ropes (going downhill, about to fail) ==== Declension ==== === References === “fallrep”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “fallrep”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fallrep”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) fallrep in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)