Definition of Rope bridge

1. Noun. A bridge consisting of ropes.

Generic synonyms: Bridge, Span

Definition of Rope bridge

1. Noun. A bridge constructed chiefly of rope. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rope Bridge

rootzones
rooves
ropa vieja
ropable
ropalic
ropalocytosis
rope
rope's-end
rope's-ended
rope's-ending
rope's-ends
rope-a-dope
rope-a-dopes
rope-maker
rope-walk
rope bridge (current term)
rope burn
rope down
rope flap
rope in
rope ladder
rope off
rope tow
rope up
rope yard
rope yarn
ropeable
ropeband
ropebands
ropebark

Literary usage of Rope bridge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"rope bridge. The winding drums or pulley» for wire rope» should be one ' from this a hammock or ... A rope bridge may be made by placing a trestle at the ..."

2. Military Bridges: Including, Also, Designs for Trestle and Truss Bridges for by Hermann Haupt (1864)
"The following is an account of a rope-bridge, extracted from Stevenson's " Twenty Years' Residence in South America." The ropes were made of the fibres of ..."

3. Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains by Thomas Thomson (1852)
"The road lay down the valley of Zanskar, crossing the eastern branch of that river opposite the town of Padum, by a rather insecure-looking rope-bridge, ..."

4. Military Bridges: With Suggestions for New Expedients and Constructions for by Hermann Haupt (1864)
"The following is an account of a rope-bridge, extracted from Stevenson's *' Twenty Years' Residence in South America." The ropes were made of the fibres of ..."

5. Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of by Society of Arts (Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1825)
"The GOLD VULCAN MEDAL was this session voted to COLIN SHAKESPEAR, Esq., postmaster-general, Calcutta, for his Portable rope bridge of Suspension. ..."

6. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"rope bridge. The winding drums or pulley» for wire rope» should be one ' from this a hammock or ... A rope bridge may be made by placing a trestle at the ..."

7. Military Bridges: Including, Also, Designs for Trestle and Truss Bridges for by Hermann Haupt (1864)
"The following is an account of a rope-bridge, extracted from Stevenson's " Twenty Years' Residence in South America." The ropes were made of the fibres of ..."

8. Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains by Thomas Thomson (1852)
"The road lay down the valley of Zanskar, crossing the eastern branch of that river opposite the town of Padum, by a rather insecure-looking rope-bridge, ..."

9. Military Bridges: With Suggestions for New Expedients and Constructions for by Hermann Haupt (1864)
"The following is an account of a rope-bridge, extracted from Stevenson's *' Twenty Years' Residence in South America." The ropes were made of the fibres of ..."

10. Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of by Society of Arts (Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1825)
"The GOLD VULCAN MEDAL was this session voted to COLIN SHAKESPEAR, Esq., postmaster-general, Calcutta, for his Portable rope bridge of Suspension. ..."

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