rope burn

1. 1.

   abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope

   Broaderabrasion

Questions about rope burn

What does rope burn mean?

rope burn means "abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope".

Is rope burn a common word?

rope burn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.