the length of which determines the maximum length of rope it is possible to make. As rope is "closed" (the final stage in manufacture) the length reduces, thus the ropewalk at Chatham Dockyard is 1/4 mi long in order to produce standard 220 m coils.

Definition

The definition varies:

* International: 185.2 m, equivalent to nautical mile
* UK traditional: 100 fathom,

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