Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.)
   (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.
   (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.)
   (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.
   (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)