Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Footrope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.)
(a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when
reefing or furling; -- formerly called a {horse}.
(b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a
sail is sewed.
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