different between ropeworker vs ropework

ropeworker

English

Etymology

rope +? worker

Noun

ropeworker (plural ropeworkers)

  1. One who carries out ropework.

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ropework

English

Etymology

rope +? -work

Noun

ropework (countable and uncountable, plural ropeworks)

  1. (nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike
  2. A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture

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  • ropeworker
  • ropeworking

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