throw rope

English

Noun

throw rope (plural throw ropes)

  1. A brightly colored, floating synthetic rope packed loosely into a bag that unravels smoothly when thrown to rescue someone in the water.
  2. (US) A lasso.
    • 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Prairie Kid; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 46:
      Elmer pulled on his pants and the boots he had outgrown, wrapped his moccosins in his other shirt, and grabbed his throw-rope off its peg by the door.
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