Sentence examples for rope block from inspiring English sources

Among the items the American Automobile Association (then called "Three A" instead of "Triple A") recommended bringing in 1915: an ax, a hundred feet of three-quarter-inch rope, block and tackle, and a tarpaulin, as "the certainty of some sand stretches and washed ravines beyond may make this practically a necessity".

His mother loved history, and would take him, as a kid, to see Washington's headquarters, where he'd look at a velvet rope blocking off a historic room and imagine who had been there.

One floor down, after jumping over a rope blocking off the stairs to the 36th floor, was the lounge where you could see some mixture of people waiting to prod exiting attendees for details about the presentation and typical hotel guests that were just there to hang out and have some lunch, and probably didn't know what they were getting into.

After weeks of preparation, a group of mechanical-sciences undergraduates had pushed the van, wheelbarrow-like, minus its doors and back wheels, into place, then hoisted it using a derrick of five 24-foot scaffolding poles, 250 feet of steel wire, 200 feet of hemp rope, pulley blocks and hooks, planks, and even sacking to protect the building.

It's made of rope and block letters and says, "Daddy rocks".

The devil might need to be called back in – it is in dire need of repair – and as I clambered nervously over the wrong side of the bridge a 4x4 came round the corner and encountered my safety rope, completely blocking the road.

We introduced a two-step task where models had to remove a bar to untie a rope that blocked a single door of a box.

There are three types of blocks: snatch, wire rope, and crane block.

Realised in an entirely two-dimensional plane, most of Limbo focuses on exploration, jumping between platforms and solving large puzzles made of levers, ropes, sliding blocks and other classic gameplay fodder.

Equipment provided to the centres comes contained within a UNICEF recreational kit and includes skipping ropes, wooden blocks, games and puzzles, dolls, soft toys and footballs.

If you are buying the boat new, a decent seller will always include rigging equipment such as lines (ropes) and blocks (pulleys).