hemp rope

collocation in English

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hemp
noun[U]
uk
/hemp/us
/hemp/
a family of plants, some of which are used to make rope and strong, rough cloth and others of which are used to produce the ...
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rope
noun
uk
/rəʊp/us
/roʊp/
(a piece of) strong, thick string made of long ...
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(Definition ofhempandropefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With the exception of controlled establishments producinghempropeas well as wire, the answer is in the affirmative so far as women workers are concerned.
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Steel tubes are being used as clothes posts and the textilehempropeis now being replaced by synthetic covered steel wire.
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The cables were made of wire andhemprope.
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The railroad cars were pulled up and down the inclines by a long loop of thickhemprope, up to 7 cm thick.
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It is also equipped with a custom-installedhempropesystem (named for the type of rope once used) with over 20 bars.
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Hempropeor chain, initially used for hauling trains, was later replaced by steel cables.
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The cable was ofhempropereinforced by six steel strands.
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Products derived from plants include soaps, paints, shampoos, perfumes, cosmetics, turpentine, rubber, varnish, lubricants, linoleum, plastics, inks, chewing gum andhemprope.
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Eventually, the previously bare-fisted fighters started wearing lengths ofhempropearound their hands and forearms.
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Today, thehempropehas a carbon core to minimize weather-related tension differences.
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In some literary sources of later historical periods, elevators were mentioned as cabs on ahempropeand powered by hand or by animals.
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He took a wire from the flashlight and made it into a fishhook, and usedhempropeas a fishing line.
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Afterhemprope, iron chains began to become more common.
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After its inauguration, the towers, which carried thehempropewith the cage antenna were dismantled.
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Counterweight rigging replaces thehempropeand sandbags of rope line (hemp) rigging with wire rope (steel cable) and metal counterweights, respectively.
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It was soon found thathempropeperformed better than the chains, and all planes were converted to rope.
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