A rope is a linear collection of plies, yarns or strands which are twisted or braided together in order to combine them into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting, but are far too flexible to provide compressive strength. As a result, they cannot be used for pushing or similar compressive applications. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, line, string, and twine.
Read more about Rope: Construction, Usage, History, Handling Rope, Line
Famous quotes containing the word rope:
“First you find a little thread, a little thread leads you to a string, and the string leads you to a rope. And from the rope you hang by the ... neck.”
—A.I. (Albert Isaac)
“Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end.”
—Multatuli [Eduard Douwer Dekker] (1820–1887)
“so vegetarian,
he wore rope shoes and preferred fallen fruit.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)