headrope

noun

1

obsolete : a rope leading from a masthead as a stay

2

a

: a part of a boltrope that is sewed along the upper edge of a sail

b

: a rope along the upper edge of a fishnet

3

a

: a rope at the head of an animal (as for tying or leading it)

b

: headfast

4

: agal

Word History

Etymology

Middle English hedrope, from hed head + rope

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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