رامپه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from either Italian rampa (“flight of stairs, ramp”) or French rampe (“ramp, slope”).

Noun

رامپه • (rampa) (definite accusative رامپه‌یی (rampayı), plural رامپه‌لر (rampalar))

  1. grappling hook, a type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target, like an enemy ship
    Synonym: قارموق (karmuk)
  2. (nautical) boarding, the act of a group of sailors or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by getting aboard it

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: rampa

Further reading

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