"rope porter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rope porters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rope porter (plural rope porters)
  1. (historical) A pulley to save the ropes of steam ploughs from friction. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-rope_porter-en-noun-q3dwmjiq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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