Footrope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.)
     (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when
         reefing or furling; -- formerly called a {horse}.
     (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a
         sail is sewed.
         [1913 Webster]