The ground crew should wear gloves on their hands whenever the possibility of handling ropes or lines exists.

It's worse for the topmen having to handle frozen ropes and sails.

Everything is covered; living abroad and basic safety, handling ropes, starting and stopping the engine, lifting and dropping anchors, tying to and leaving the quayside.

It would have taken a man who knew his business to handle ropes the way this fellow did.

They taught you none so ill yonder at Hastings where I thought you had only learned to handle ropes and arrows.

"Ain't I handled ropes and rung watches all my life?"

His face still showed the beating he had got from her kinsmen; her own hands were bruised from handling rocks and ropes, and full of sores that the cold had made worse.

The gorgeously arrayed male athletes, or charros, demonstrated their abilities at training horses, handling long ropes, and subduing animals without hurting them.

The third man was a mechanic who might also handle stern ropes.

Snortimer was good at handling cords and ropes, because of his several strong hands.