| backstay | bobstay |
| bolt rope | bowline |
| brace | brail |
| breeching | buntline |
| cable | catenary |
| cord | cordage |
| downhaul | foot rope |
| foresheet | forestay |
| gantline | guest rope |
| guide rope | guy |
| halyard | hawser |
| hobble | inhaul |
| jackstay | jib sheet |
| lanyard | lariat |
| lasso | lazy jack |
| leg-rope | manrope |
| marline | noose |
| outhaul | painter |
| ratline | rawhide |
| rode | runner |
| running rope | seizing |
| sheet | shroud |
| slip rope | span |
| stay | sugan |
| tack | tackle fall |
| tether | topping lift |
| top rope | tow rope |
| vang | warp |