ropework

/R OW1 P W ER1 K/
noun
  1. 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. 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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