ropework

== English == === Etymology === From rope + -work. === Noun === ropework (countable and uncountable, plural ropeworks) (nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike. A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture. ==== Related terms ==== ropeworker ropeworking