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At the same time, the module’s thick fabric walls—made of tough layers of exotic materials such as Vectran, a Kevlar-like substance used in ropemaking, or Nomex, which is used to make firefighting clothing—ought to offer astronauts better protection from the hazards of space than metal walls do.

At the beginning of the Corderie dell'Arsenale, the epic former ropemaking factory of the Venetian navy where a biennale curator tries to make his or her case, there is a 3D movie about that campus building directed by Wim Wenders.

Limning, as painting was called, was a trade, like ropemaking or wheelwrighting.

In his inquiries into the business of ropemaking, for example, he proved by conclusive experiments that, contrary to the common opinion, twisting impairs the strength of ropes.

I went to the Liverpool Blind Institution at twelve years of age, and learnt to read in the characters for the blind, and was taught the trade of ropemaking.