Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| babiche | a thong or lace made of rawhide > BABICHES. |
| backseat | a rope supporting the mizzenmast > BACKSEATS. |
| becket | a loop of rope having a knot at one end and an eye at the other > BECKETS. |
| bellyband | a saddle-girth > BELLYBANDS. |
| bobstay | a rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit > BOBSTAYS. |
| boltrope | a strong rope stitched to the edges of a sail > BOLTROPES. |
| bowyang | a strap tied round the trouser legs by outdoor labourers > BOWYANGS. |
| browband | the bridle-strap that goes over a horse's forehead > BROWBANDS. |
| buntline | a rope attached to the middle of a square sail to haul it up to the yard > BUNTLINES. |
| cabestro | a lasso > CABESTROS. |
| cable | a heavy rope; (verb) to fasten with a cable > CABLES, CABLING, CABLED. |
| cablet | a little cable less than ten inches in circumference > CABLETS. |
| cabresta | a lasso > CABRESTAS. |
| cabresto | a lasso > CABRESTOS. |
| catfall | a rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead > CATFALLS. |
| cavesson | a noseband for a horse > CAVESSONS. |
| chock | a metal casting with curved arms for passing ropes for mooring ship; (verb) to fasten or secure with or as if with a block or wedge > CHOCKS, CHOCKING, CHOCKED. |
| clew | a corner of a sail with a hole to attach ropes; (verb) to attach a rope to the corner of a sail > CLEWS, CLEWING, CLEWED. |
| cordage | ropes in the rigging of a ship > CORDAGES. |
| cordelle | a rope esp on a ship; (verb) to tow a boat with a cordelle > CORDELLES, CORDELLING, CORDELLED. |
| corder | a person who or thing which fastens with a cord or forms a cord > CORDERS. |
| cordlike | like a cord. |
| crouper | a strap buckled to the back of a saddle and looped under the horse's tail, to prevent the saddle from slipping forward > CROUPERS. |
| crupper | a strap on a saddle that passes beneath a horse's tail > CRUPPERS. |
| curpel | the crupper > CURPELS. |
| downhaul | a rope for holding down or hauling down a sail or spar > DOWNHAULS. |
| dragrope | a rope used for dragging > DRAGROPES. |
| eyehole | a circular opening to receive a hook etc > EYEHOLES. |
| eyehook | a hook or ring on the end of a rope or chain > EYEHOOKS. |
| flemish | to flemish down, i.e. to stow a rope in a Flemish coil > FLEMISHES, FLEMISHING, FLEMISHED. |
| foefie | as in foefie slide, a rope, fixed at an incline, along which a person suspended on a pulley may traverse a space, esp across a river. |
| footrope | the rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling > FOOTROPES. |
| foresheet | a rope used for trimming the foresail; the space near bow of open boat > FORESHEETS. |
| frap | to draw tight (as with ropes or cables) > FRAPS, FRAPPING, FRAPPED. |
| gantline | a rope used in single-block hoist > GANTLINES. |
| girthline | a gantline, a rope used in single-block hoist > GIRTHLINES. |
| girtline | a gantline, a rope used in single-block hoist > GIRTLINES. |
| gromet | a ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag > GROMETS. |
| grommet | a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag; (verb) to fit with grommets > GROMMETS, GROMMETING, GROMMETED. |
| grummet | a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag; (verb) to fit with grummets > GRUMMETS, GRUMMETING, GRUMMETED. |
| guyline | a line used as a guide > GUYLINES. |
| hackamore | a halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, used for leading a pack animal > HACKAMORES. |
| halliard | a rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails > HALLIARDS. |
| halser | a large rope for mooring or towing a ship > HALSERS. |
| halter | a rope for holding and leading an animal; (verb) to put a halter on > HALTERS, HALTERING, HALTERED. |
| halyard | a rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails > HALYARDS. |
| harpin | a short rope under the tops at the lower end of the futtock shrouds > HARPINS. |
| haulyard | a rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails > HAULYARDS. |
| hawser | a large rope for mooring or towing a ship > HAWSERS. |
| hayband | a rope of twisted hay > HAYBANDS. |
| headfast | a mooring rope at the bows of a ship > HEADFASTS. |
| honda | part of a lariat > HONDAS. |
| houseline | tarred marline, a line of two loosely twisted strands > HOUSELINES. |
| inhaul | a rope or line for hauling in something > INHAULS. |
| inhauler | a rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom > INHAULERS. |
| knittle | a string that draws together a purse or bag > KNITTLES. |
| knot | a closed loop > KNOTTY; (verb) to tie in a knot > KNOTS, KNOTTING, KNOTTED. |
| laniard | a rope or line for fastening something in a ship > LANIARDS. |
| lanyard | a rope or line for fastening something in a ship > LANYARDS. |
| lariat | a lassoo; (verb) to lassoo > LARIATS, LARIATING, LARIATED. |
| lasher | a rope for binding one thing to another > LASHERS. |
| lasso | a long rope, esp of untanned hide, with a noose at one end now used chiefly in the western US for catching cattle and wild horses > LASSOS or LASSOES; (verb) to use a lasso > LASSOES, LASSOING, LASSOED. |
| latigo | a strap for tightening a cinch > LATIGOES or LATIGOS. |
| lazo | a lasso; (verb) to lasso > LAZOS or LAZOES, LAZOING, LAZOED. |
| longe | a rope used in training horses; (verb) to train or cause to go with a longe > LONGES, LONGING, LONGED. |
| mainsheet | a rope by which a mainsail is trimmed and secured > MAINSHEETS. |
| manrope | a rope used as a handrail on a ship > MANROPES. |
| marline | a line of two loosely twisted strands > MARLINES. |
| martingal | a strap from the reins to the girth of a horse preventing it from carrying its head too high > MARTINGALS. |
| martingale | a strap from the reins to the girth of a horse preventing it from carrying its head too high > MARTINGALES. |
| metump | a tumpline, a strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back > METUMPS. |
| musrol | the noseband of a bridle > MUSROLS. |
| nipper | a person who or thing which nips; (verb) to seize two ropes together > NIPPERS, NIPPERING, NIPPERED. |
| noose | a loop with running knot which draws tighter the more it is pulled; (verb) to secure with a type of loop > NOOSES, NOOSING, NOOSED. |
| noseband | a strap passing round the nose of a horse, suspended by its own headpiece fitted under the bridle > NOSEBANDS. |
| nosebanded | wearing a noseband. |
| oakum | old ropes untwisted for caulking the seams of ships > OAKUMS. |
| outhaul | a rope used to haul a sail taut along a spar > OUTHAULS. |
| outhauler | a rope used to haul a sail taut along a spar > OUTHAULERS. |
| parbuckle | a sling made by wrapping both ends of rope around object; (verb) to raise or lower (a cask, gun, etc) with a parbuckle > PARBUCKLES, PARBUCKLING, PARBUCKLED. |
| parral | a band by which a yard is fastened to a mast > PARRALS. |
| parrel | a band by which a yard is fastened to a mast > PARRELS. |
| prolonge | a rope for a gun-carriage > PROLONGES. |
| puddening | a pad of rope used as a fender on a boat > PUDDENINGS. |
| reata | a lariat > REATAS. |
| reefpoint | any of several short pieces of rope attached to a sail to secure it. |
| reeve | a bailiff or steward; (verb) to pass (a rope) through a ring; to fasten by reeving > REEVES, REEVING, REEVED or ROVE, ROVEN. |
| riata | a lariat > RIATAS. |
| riem | a rawhide thong > RIEMS. |
| riempie | a long riem about the width of a shoelace, used as string > RIEMPIES. |
| ripcord | a cord that is pulled on to open a parachute > RIPCORDS. |
| rope | a thick line of twisted fibers > ROPEY, ROPY; (verb) to bind with a rope > ROPES, ROPING, ROPED. |
| ropelike | resembling a rope. |
| selvagee | an untwisted skein of rope yarn marled together to form a strop > SELVAGEES. |
| sennit | plaited straw or rope > SENNITS. |
| sinnet | plaited straw or rope > SINNETS. |
| skein | a length of yarn wound in a loose coil; (verb) to wind into a long loose coil > SKEINS, SKEINING, SKEINED. |
| spunyarn | a line or rope made of one or more yarns twisted (not laid) into a cord > SPUNYARNS. |
| sternfast | a rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf > STERNFASTS. |
| sugan | a straw rope > SUGANS. |
| surcingle | a girth or strap for holding saddle to animal's back; (verb) to fasten with a surcingle > SURCINGLES, SURCINGLING, SURCINGLED. |
| swift | rapid > SWIFTER, SWIFTEST, SWIFTLY; (noun) a swallow-like bird; (verb) to tighten with a rope > SWIFTS, SWIFTING, SWIFTED. |
| swifter | a rope used to tighten or keep a thing in place > SWIFTERS. |
| thong | a narrow strip of leather used for binding > THONGY; (verb) to flog with a whip > THONGS, THONGING, THONGED. |
| thoroughbrace | any of several leather straps supporting the body of a carriage and serving as springs > THOROUGHBRACES, THOROUGHBRACED. |
| thoroughbraced | fitted with a thoroughbrace. |
| throatlash | a strap used to fasten a horse's bridle > THROATLASHES. |
| throatlatch | a strap used to fasten a horse's bridle > THROATLATCHES. |
| timenoguy | a rope stretched from place to place on a ship; a makeshift > TIMENOGUYS. |
| towrope | a rope for towing > TOWROPES. |
| triatic | a rope joining adjacent mastheads > TRIATICS. |
| trice | to haul in and lash secure a sail with a small rope > TRICES, TRICING, TRICED. |
| tumpline | a strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back > TUMPLINES. |
| unreeve | to withdraw a rope from an opening > UNREEVES, UNREEVING, UNREEVED or UNROVE, UNROVEN. |
| unroven | (Pt.) UNREEVE, to withdraw a rope from an opening. |
| vitta | a leather strap on a soldier's suit of armour > VITTAE. |
| wang | a leather thong > WANGS. |
| wanty | a surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast > WANTIES. |
| widdie | a rope, esp one made of osiers; a hangman's noose > WIDDIES. |
| widdy | a rope, esp one made of osiers; a hangman's noose > WIDDIES. |
| withe | a tough, flexible branch or twig, esp one used for binding; (verb) to bind with a withe > WITHES, WITHING, WITHED. |
| woold | to wind a rope or chain around > WOOLDS, WOOLDING, WOOLDED. |
| woolder | a stick used to tighten the rope in woolding > WOOLDERS. |
| wuddy | a loop at the end of a rope > WUDDIES. |