dragrope

English

Noun

dragrope (plural dragropes)

  1. A rope used to drag something.
    • 1984, Paul C. Ditzel, Fire Engines, Fire Fighters: The Men, Equipment, and Machines, from Colonial Days to the Present, Random House Value Pub, →ISBN:
      Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was Molly, pulling away for dear life.
    • 2013 November 5, William Golding, Close Quarters: With an introduction by Ronald Blythe, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
      The side of our ship was wasp-coloured as befits a warship, black and yellow and streaming. Certainly the first operation of the dragrope had been successful until it jammed. There was no doubt of that. […]
  2. Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”)
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