fallrep
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch valreep. By surface analysis, fall + rep. Originally about the two ropes on either side of the ladder. Cognate of Danish faldereb, German Fallreep.
Noun
[edit]fallrep n
- (nautical) accommodation ladder
- (in "vara på fallrepet") on the ropes (going downhill, about to fail)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fallrep | fallreps |
| definite | fallrepet | fallrepets | |
| plural | indefinite | fallrep | fallreps |
| definite | fallrepen | fallrepens |
References
[edit]- fallrep in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fallrep in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fallrep in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- fallrep in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)