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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOP-ROPE

n.A rope to sway up a top-mast, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOP-ROPE

TOP-ROPE Top "-rope `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.