2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united,
as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
{Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes.
{Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.
{Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble
union or tie; something not to be relied upon.
{Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope
raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by
its adhesion to the rope.
{Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power,
as between distant places, by means of endless ropes
running over grooved pulleys.
{Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash
in inflicting punishment.
{To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let
one go at will uncheked.
Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses'
thatch. --Shak.
2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain
climbers, with a rope.
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.
4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]
5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy;
as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.]
6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or
curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
pretentious person; to slight designedly.
{To snub a cable} or {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly in
running out. --Totten.