rope

v. t. 1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods. Hence: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [ Racing Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Roped p. pr. & vb. n. Roping. ] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us not hang like ropingicicles
Upon our houses' thatch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. [ Written also roband, and robbin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height. -- Rope"dan`cing, n. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. A maker of ropes. P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who ropes goods; a packer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One fit to be hanged. [ Old Slang ] Douce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A place where ropes are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tricks deserving the halter; roguery. [ Obs. ] “Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To punish with a rope's end. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured. [ 1913 Webster ]