ridge rope

1. 1.

   either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship

   Broaderlifeline

   Part ofship

Questions about ridge rope

What does ridge rope mean?

ridge rope means "either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship".

Is ridge rope a common word?

ridge rope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.