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▪ I. roping, vbl. n.|ˈrəʊpɪŋ|
[f. rope n.1 or v.1]
1. Ropes collectively; cordage, rope-work.
1566Southampton Crt. Leet Rec. (1905) I. 38 The pyleing and ropeing of the weste caye ys to be also amended. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton v. (1840) 80 Roping made of mats and flags. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 975 The roping when completed has the appearance of a net with square meshes. 1883Walsh Irish Fisheries 10 Oftentimes good nets are lost by reason of those nearer on the roping giving way. 1883Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships R. Navy (Admiralty) (1886) 50 Q. What is the roping? A. The bolt rope round the edges of the sail to prevent it from rending. 1977D. James Spy at Evening vi. 29, I jumped. Into the black spray, clawing wildly for the rope ladder..my outstretched fingers touched the stiff, wet roping.
2. A ropy or rope-like formation.
1658tr. Porta's Nat. Magic viii. iv. 221 Aloes..beat together [with waters] until it turn to water, and swim about in ropings. 1849Dana Geol. iii. (1850) 190 With the usual ropings and twistings in the surface.
†3. The operation of rowelling. Obs.—0
1611Cotgr., Seton, a rowell; or the rowelling, or roping of a bruised or strained horse.
4. Chiefly U.S. and Austr. The action of catching or securing with a rope. roping in, roping up: (see rope v.1 4 b).
1848Bartlett Dict. Amer. 278 Roping in, cheating. A very common expression in the South-western States. 1849in De Vere Americanisms (1872) 629 I'll lay bank, if you must have a game, but I'll make one condition: no roping in! 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 119 The drafting, the roping, the branding,..were novelties and excitements of a very high order. 1907S. E. White Arizona Nights iii. i. 241 The roping and throwing and branding..filled our days with..the unusual. 1932Blunden Face of England 102 The last shocks are on the wagon, the roping-up is done. 1973Times 2 Oct. 15/2 Giraffes are among the most difficult animals to capture. Straight-forward roping is unsuitable because a fall is more likely to break the neck of a giraffe than of a more compact animal. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 1-c/2 Cooper, who was being pressed in the second go-round of steer wrestling, held the lead in team roping with teammate Phil Longacre at 7.34 seconds. 1979Tucson Mag. Apr. 68/3 The charreada is a fast-paced program of riding, roping, music, and dancing.
5. The action of fitting with haulage ropes.
1884Manch. Exam. 16 Sept. 5/3 The permanent roping of the rapids is also talked of.
6. Racing. The action of holding back or checking a horse to prevent it from winning; also transf. (see quot. 1874).
1864Daily Telegr. 6 May, The Chester Cup contest was perfectly fair; there was no suspicion of ‘roping’. 1868E. Yates Rocks Ahead i. vi, It was understood that..there was to be no more ‘pulling’, or ‘roping’, or any other chicanery. 1874Slang Dict. 271 When a pedestrian or other athlete loses where he should have won, according to his backer's calculations, he is accused of roping.
7. attrib., as roping arena, roping horse, roping-needle, roping-pole, roping stick, roping-twine.
1979Farmington (New Mexico) Daily Times 27 May 10 c/5 (Advt.), 40 acres with..iron fenced corral, roping arena, etc.
1949Los Angeles Times 12 July ii. 2/5 The final resting place of Soap Suds, once the greatest humorist's favorite roping horse. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 27 June 8-d/1 (Advt.), Saddle horses of all kinds & roping horses for sale.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 580 Roping-Needles, those used for roping, being strong accordingly.
1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xii, A first-class stockman, and handy with the roping-pole.
1878E. S. Elwell Boy Colonists 190 Ernest..had to get behind the animal, and by dint of prodding with the roping stick..to force it to run up towards the corner. 1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xiv. 201 He stuck to his roping-stick—good, heavy-ended gum sapling, six or seven feet long.
c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 53 The roping is sewn on to the sails with roping twine.
▪ II. roping
variant of rouping vbl. n.
▪ III. ˈroping, ppl. a.
[f. rope v.1 + -ing2.]
Forming ropes or rope-like threads, esp. of a viscid or glutinous nature; turning ropy.
c1440Promp. Parv. 436/2 Ropynge, ale or oþer lycowre, viscosus. 1486Bk. St. Albans A iij b, If it be glaymous and roping she engenderith an euel callid the Cray. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 184 The best Hony..is..fine, roping, if it be drawen in length. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iii. v. 23 Let vs not hang like roping Isyckles Vpon our Houses Thatch. 1614Latham Falconry i. 49 No water, but a roaping froth in it. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. ii. 169 We shall number Fifty Fogs, and some Roping Fila, besides thinner mistiness. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 223/2 Adding of liquid or roping Pitch-like Soot {drachm}iij. 1820Clare Rural Life (ed. 3) 116 Let dust keep gathering on the ground, And roping cobwebs dangle round. |