Wiktionary
top-ropes
n. (top-rope English)
Usage examples of "top-ropes".
I sway away on all top-ropes for a nothing, and then I am sorry afterwards.
The camphor-wood or palm-rib bats lacked some of the elegance of willow, but the sailmaker had sewed a wholly professional ball, using leather that could be spared from gaff-jaws, and the players had swayed away on all top-ropes to do their service credit.