ropework

Noun

 * 1)  The making, repairing, knotting, splicing and storing of rope, and the manufacture of devices from rope, mostly by use of the marlinspike.
 * 2) A form of raised convex or painted decoration in the form of twisted rope applied to architecture, ceramics, metalwork and furniture.

Related terms

 * ropeworker
 * ropeworking