Usually means: Punishment by whipping; nautical term.
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  1. rope's-end, rope's end: Merriam-Webster
  2. rope's end: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rope's end, rope's end: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rope's-end, rope's end: Wordnik
  5. rope's-end, rope's end: Wiktionary
  6. Rope's-end, Rope's end: Dictionary.com
  7. Rope's-end: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. rope's-end: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Rope's-end: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. Rope's-end, rope's end: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (rope's end)

noun:  A piece of rope, especially one used as a lash in inflicting punishment.


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