Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Roping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rope \Rope\, 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.
Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses'
thatch. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roping
n : capturing cattle or horses with a lasso
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