ropern.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊpə/, U.S.

/ˈroʊpər/

Forms: see rope n.¹ and -er suffix¹; also late Middle English rope (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope n.¹, -er suffix¹; rope v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < rope n.¹ + -er suffix¹. In later use (especially in sense 4) perhaps also partly < rope v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch rēper, reeper (early modern Dutch reeper), Middle Low German rēper, Old Norwegian reipari. Compare also post-classical Latin roparius (14th cent. in British sources).Earlier currency is implied by Anglo-Norman roper (a1322; probably < Middle English, rather than a formation < Anglo-Norman rope : see rope n.¹) and by surnames, as Ricardus le Ropere (1220), Philippus le ropere (1226), etc., and street names, as Roperestrete (1271), Ropereslane (1313), both in London.

a. A person who makes ropes; a rope-maker. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of rope or cord > [noun]

ropera1387

string-maker14..

ropemakera1425

ropierc1440

cord-maker1579

line-maker1667

cord-winder1707

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 181 (MED) His fadir Gracianus was i-cleped Funarius, þat was a ropere, for he baar a roop þat was to sellynge.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 166 (MED) A Ropere, a Redyng-kyng, and Rose þe disschere.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 79 An ensaumple of a Ropers wiff that was not trew in kepinge of her mariage.

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 185 Payed..Willyam Ellyott & Edmond White Ropers of Lynne for an hawser.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 Smithes, ropers, shypwrightes..and other..handy craftes men.

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 21 Valentinian, the sonne of a roper, possessed the Romane Empire.

1622 Relation Eng. Plantation Plimoth, New Eng. 8 Having a noose as artificially made, as any Roper in England can make.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 113/1 Yarn spun by the Roper.

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino viii. 19 (note) Valentinian, the Son of a Roper.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Cordier, a rope-maker, or roper.

1802 Naval Chron. 8 258 The..ropers, riggers, and riggers' labourers.

1860 Macmillan's Mag. 1 226 To begin a..discourse with him, and then walk backwards, like a roper.

1933 S. Thrupp in E. Power & M. M. Postan Stud. Eng. Trade in 15th Cent. vi. 249 Their allies the ‘caneracers’ of the Ropery must have been a group of the ropers or corders after whom that quarter of Thames Street was named. It is usually surmised that these were makers of rope, but it is evident that there was a trading element amongst them.

†b. John Roper's window (also Roper's window): a hangman's noose. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope

ropeeOE

withec1275

cordc1330

snarea1425

tippet1447

girnc1480

halter1481

widdie1508

tether?a1513

hemp1532

Tyburn tippet1549

John Roper's window1552

neckweed1562

noose1567

horse-nightcap1593

tow1596

Tyburn tiffany1612

piccadill1615

snick-up1620

Tyburn piccadill1620

necklacea1625

squinsy1632

Welsh parsley1637

St. Johnston's riband1638

string1639

Bridport daggera1661

rope's end1663

cravat1680

swing1697

snecket1788

death cord1804

neckclothc1816

St. Johnston's tippet1816

death rope1824

mink1826

squeezer1836

yard-rope1850

necktie1866

Tyburn string1882

Stolypin's necktie1909

widdieneckc1920

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Restio is he that loketh in at John ropers window, by translation, he that hangeth him selfe.

1598 T. Tyro Roring Megge sig. A4 Rather then Tyro such a change will brooke, Out at the Ropers window will he looke.

†c. A person who deserves hanging. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

roper1615

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

widdieneck?a1500

widdiefu?a1513

thevis neka1525

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

ropeful1567

gallows-clapper1570

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

crack-hempa1616

roper1615

halter-sick1617

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

hempy1718

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

hang-gallows1785

1615 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 10) A Roper or an vngracious fellow, nequam.

2. chiefly U.S. A person who uses a lasso to catch an animal, esp. as an entertainment, as at a rodeo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > roping > person

roper1808

lassoer1883

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 160 Taking the wild horses, in that manner, is scarcely ever attempted, even with the fleetest horses, and most expert ropers.

1849 A. Harris Emigrant Family I. xii. 270 The pole drops clear, leaving the rope only in the roper's hands.

1888 Cent. Mag. Feb. 506 A really first-class roper can command his own price.

1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo v. 92 At last her head was coming within range of the ropers.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1- c/1 At Sunday's performance, cowboys in the calf roping event were the stars as each of the last five ropers managed to conquer Mike Cervi's rowdy black calfs to place in the money.

2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try iii. 28 As an adult, Dad never competed, but he was a fine roper and bulldogger.

3. U.S.

a. A person who entices customers into a gambling house; a decoy. Also: a person who lures others into any fraudulent enterprise, esp. a person who lures a victim into a confidence swindle. Also roper-in.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > decoy, etc.

woodpecker1608

puff1722

flasher1731

squib1731

stool-pigeon1830

roper1840

shill1916

stick1926

1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 31 Oct. 2/3 He had not well landed on the Levee, so famous for cotton bags, sugar,..‘ropers in’, and other ‘dry goods’.

1844 J. H. Greene Espos. Gambling (ed. 2) 158 Those secret partners, by gamblers, are termed ropers, or stool-pigeons: their business is to delude the inexperienced into their dens of iniquity.

1875 E. King Southern States N. Amer. v. 61 The ropers for gambling-houses..haunt each conspicuous corner.

1880 H. Morgan Boston inside Out! x. 138 Wal, sir, the ropers-in tackled him: ‘Say, did you see that feller win $600 last night?’ they said.

1891 T. De W. Talmage Night Scenes City Life x. 152 Then you come to the second-class gambling-establishment. To it you are introduced by a card through some ‘roper in’.

1907 Compiled Ordinances City of Grand Rapids 2 All ropers, steers or cappers, so-called, for any gambling room or house..shall be deemed disorderly persons.

1963 J. Thompson Grifters iv. 22 While he turned his head to argue with the two shills..the roper had drawn a small mark on the top card.

1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 163 Hyer as a roper (a tout) and shill at Frank Stuart's on Park Street, and Sullivan as a proprietor of his own joint.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 18 Apr. ii. 6/3 Westley's lured into the gang's scheme by veteran ‘roper’ Albert Stroller..who..convinces Westley that they can help him buy, of all things, Los Angeles' famous Hollywood sign.

b. An undercover detective or operative who induces a criminal to incriminate himself or herself.

ΚΠ

1869 N.Y. Times 22 May 2/1 Men and women engaged by us in the capacity of ‘shadows’, ‘ropers’, or general detectives.

1874 A. Pinkerton Expressman & Detective iii. 26 Porter had been promoted by me to be a sort of ‘roper’.

1912 Election W. Lorimer (Hearings before U.S. Senate Comm. pursuant to S. Res. 60) VIII. 8080 Mr. Hynes. Please answer my question, Mr. Bailey. You distinguish between ropers, investigators, and shadowers? Mr. Bailey. He was not working as a roper while he was with me.

1956 ‘E. Lacy’ Men from Boys iv. 125 Bill even pulls the roper line about he's a witness, not a dick.

2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xiv. 152 We'll be using hidden cameras, taped confessions, grasses, swindlers, ropers, outside men—exposing every scam in the capital.

4. A person who secures something with a rope or cord. rare.

ΚΠ

1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Roper, a packer.

1919 Bull. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics No. 252. 1106 Ropers.—Including wrappers and tiers. Wrap sausage with cords—that is, loop cord around the stuffed sausage.

†5. British. Horse Racing. A jockey who prevents a horse from winning by holding it back; (hence) a person who intentionally loses any race by holding himself or herself back. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider > types of

feather1760

lightweight1773

welter1804

steeple hunter1830

a bad waster1833

steeplechaser1837

heavyweight1857

stoner1862

roper1870

point-to-pointer1929

jumping jockey1947

jump jockey1970

1870 Daily News 31 Jan. 5/6 Stick to his post he must,..unless ‘the ropers’ are to have it all their own way in the Spring Handicaps.

1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. iii. 46 He would go back to the old courses and become a Roper.

1887 Cyclist 14 Sept. 1203/2 The difficulty of establishing a case against a persistent ‘roper’ is very much greater in cycling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roper
释义	ropern. Brit. /ˈrəʊpə/, U.S. /ˈroʊpər/ Forms: see rope n.¹ and -er suffix¹; also late Middle English rope (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope n.¹, -er suffix¹; rope v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < rope n.¹ + -er suffix¹. In later use (especially in sense 4) perhaps also partly < rope v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch rēper, reeper (early modern Dutch reeper), Middle Low German rēper, Old Norwegian reipari. Compare also post-classical Latin roparius (14th cent. in British sources).Earlier currency is implied by Anglo-Norman roper (a1322; probably < Middle English, rather than a formation < Anglo-Norman rope : see rope n.¹) and by surnames, as Ricardus le Ropere (1220), Philippus le ropere (1226), etc., and street names, as Roperestrete (1271), Ropereslane (1313), both in London. 1. a. A person who makes ropes; a rope-maker. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of rope or cord > [noun] ropera1387 string-maker14.. ropemakera1425 ropierc1440 cord-maker1579 line-maker1667 cord-winder1707 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 181 (MED) His fadir Gracianus was i-cleped Funarius, þat was a ropere, for he baar a roop þat was to sellynge. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 166 (MED) A Ropere, a Redyng-kyng, and Rose þe disschere. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 79 An ensaumple of a Ropers wiff that was not trew in kepinge of her mariage. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 185 Payed..Willyam Ellyott & Edmond White Ropers of Lynne for an hawser. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 Smithes, ropers, shypwrightes..and other..handy craftes men. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 21 Valentinian, the sonne of a roper, possessed the Romane Empire. 1622 Relation Eng. Plantation Plimoth, New Eng. 8 Having a noose as artificially made, as any Roper in England can make. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 113/1 Yarn spun by the Roper. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino viii. 19 (note) Valentinian, the Son of a Roper. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Cordier, a rope-maker, or roper. 1802 Naval Chron. 8 258 The..ropers, riggers, and riggers' labourers. 1860 Macmillan's Mag. 1 226 To begin a..discourse with him, and then walk backwards, like a roper. 1933 S. Thrupp in E. Power & M. M. Postan Stud. Eng. Trade in 15th Cent. vi. 249 Their allies the ‘caneracers’ of the Ropery must have been a group of the ropers or corders after whom that quarter of Thames Street was named. It is usually surmised that these were makers of rope, but it is evident that there was a trading element amongst them. †b. John Roper's window (also Roper's window): a hangman's noose. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Restio is he that loketh in at John ropers window, by translation, he that hangeth him selfe. 1598 T. Tyro Roring Megge sig. A4 Rather then Tyro such a change will brooke, Out at the Ropers window will he looke. †c. A person who deserves hanging. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 roper1615 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 widdieneck?a1500 widdiefu?a1513 thevis neka1525 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 ropeful1567 gallows-clapper1570 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 crack-hempa1616 roper1615 halter-sick1617 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 hempy1718 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 hang-gallows1785 1615 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 10) A Roper or an vngracious fellow, nequam. 2. chiefly U.S. A person who uses a lasso to catch an animal, esp. as an entertainment, as at a rodeo. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > roping > person roper1808 lassoer1883 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 160 Taking the wild horses, in that manner, is scarcely ever attempted, even with the fleetest horses, and most expert ropers. 1849 A. Harris Emigrant Family I. xii. 270 The pole drops clear, leaving the rope only in the roper's hands. 1888 Cent. Mag. Feb. 506 A really first-class roper can command his own price. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo v. 92 At last her head was coming within range of the ropers. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1- c/1 At Sunday's performance, cowboys in the calf roping event were the stars as each of the last five ropers managed to conquer Mike Cervi's rowdy black calfs to place in the money. 2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try iii. 28 As an adult, Dad never competed, but he was a fine roper and bulldogger. 3. U.S. a. A person who entices customers into a gambling house; a decoy. Also: a person who lures others into any fraudulent enterprise, esp. a person who lures a victim into a confidence swindle. Also roper-in. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > decoy, etc. woodpecker1608 puff1722 flasher1731 squib1731 stool-pigeon1830 roper1840 shill1916 stick1926 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 31 Oct. 2/3 He had not well landed on the Levee, so famous for cotton bags, sugar,..‘ropers in’, and other ‘dry goods’. 1844 J. H. Greene Espos. Gambling (ed. 2) 158 Those secret partners, by gamblers, are termed ropers, or stool-pigeons: their business is to delude the inexperienced into their dens of iniquity. 1875 E. King Southern States N. Amer. v. 61 The ropers for gambling-houses..haunt each conspicuous corner. 1880 H. Morgan Boston inside Out! x. 138 Wal, sir, the ropers-in tackled him: ‘Say, did you see that feller win $600 last night?’ they said. 1891 T. De W. Talmage Night Scenes City Life x. 152 Then you come to the second-class gambling-establishment. To it you are introduced by a card through some ‘roper in’. 1907 Compiled Ordinances City of Grand Rapids 2 All ropers, steers or cappers, so-called, for any gambling room or house..shall be deemed disorderly persons. 1963 J. Thompson Grifters iv. 22 While he turned his head to argue with the two shills..the roper had drawn a small mark on the top card. 1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 163 Hyer as a roper (a tout) and shill at Frank Stuart's on Park Street, and Sullivan as a proprietor of his own joint. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 18 Apr. ii. 6/3 Westley's lured into the gang's scheme by veteran ‘roper’ Albert Stroller..who..convinces Westley that they can help him buy, of all things, Los Angeles' famous Hollywood sign. b. An undercover detective or operative who induces a criminal to incriminate himself or herself. ΚΠ 1869 N.Y. Times 22 May 2/1 Men and women engaged by us in the capacity of ‘shadows’, ‘ropers’, or general detectives. 1874 A. Pinkerton Expressman & Detective iii. 26 Porter had been promoted by me to be a sort of ‘roper’. 1912 Election W. Lorimer (Hearings before U.S. Senate Comm. pursuant to S. Res. 60) VIII. 8080 Mr. Hynes. Please answer my question, Mr. Bailey. You distinguish between ropers, investigators, and shadowers? Mr. Bailey. He was not working as a roper while he was with me. 1956 ‘E. Lacy’ Men from Boys iv. 125 Bill even pulls the roper line about he's a witness, not a dick. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xiv. 152 We'll be using hidden cameras, taped confessions, grasses, swindlers, ropers, outside men—exposing every scam in the capital. 4. A person who secures something with a rope or cord. rare. ΚΠ 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Roper, a packer. 1919 Bull. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics No. 252. 1106 Ropers.—Including wrappers and tiers. Wrap sausage with cords—that is, loop cord around the stuffed sausage. †5. British. Horse Racing. A jockey who prevents a horse from winning by holding it back; (hence) a person who intentionally loses any race by holding himself or herself back. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider > types of feather1760 lightweight1773 welter1804 steeple hunter1830 a bad waster1833 steeplechaser1837 heavyweight1857 stoner1862 roper1870 point-to-pointer1929 jumping jockey1947 jump jockey1970 1870 Daily News 31 Jan. 5/6 Stick to his post he must,..unless ‘the ropers’ are to have it all their own way in the Spring Handicaps. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. iii. 46 He would go back to the old courses and become a Roper. 1887 Cyclist 14 Sept. 1203/2 The difficulty of establishing a case against a persistent ‘roper’ is very much greater in cycling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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