Usually means: Art of tying knots, cords.
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  1. ropework: Merriam-Webster
  2. ropework: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ropework: Wiktionary
  4. Ropework: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (ropework)

noun:  (nautical) The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.
noun:  A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture.

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