rope tow

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   a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto

   Broaderski tow

Questions about rope tow

What does rope tow mean?

rope tow means "a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto".

Is rope tow a common word?

rope tow 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.