ropingn.²

Brit.

/ˈrəʊpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈroʊpɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s–1800s ropeing, 1600s– roping; also Scottish 1900s– raepin (Shetland), 1900s– raeppin' (Shetland), 1900s– raipin, 1900s– rapein', 1900s– rapin', 1900s– reppin (Shetland).

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

Etymology: Partly < rope n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly rope v.² + -ing suffix¹.Compare the following isolated example of an apparent Old English rāping (in form hraping ) small rope or cord ( < rope n.¹ + either -ing suffix¹ or -ing suffix³); however, this may simply represent a transmission error for rāpincel cord, string ( < rope n.¹ + Old English -incel , diminutive suffix: see wariangle n.):OE Vitellius Psalter lxxvii. 54 Sorte diuisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis : hlot he todælde him eorðan on hrapinge [eOE Royal rapincle] todales.

1. Ropes collectively; a set or arrangement of ropes.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > collectively

tackle1539

roping1566

cording1571

1566 in Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1905) I. 38 The pyleing and ropeing of the weste caye ys to be also amended.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 85 Roping made of Matts and Flags.

1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Sept. xv. 87 There is another Sort from Russia,..called Pass-hemp, which is a very shaggy, coarse, cheap Sort, used altogether for Roping.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 975 The roping when completed has the appearance of a net with square meshes.

1883 R. F. Walsh Irish Fisheries 10 Oftentimes good nets are lost by reason of those nearer on the roping giving way.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy (1886) 50 Q. What is the roping? A. The bolt rope round the edges of the sail to prevent it from rending.

1913 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 34 150 The frequent scheme of long panels crossed by diagonal bands suggests derivation from protective roping of the original vessel.

1977 D. 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. The operation of rowelling. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary procedures > procedures in farriery

fireeOE

discordingc1325

rowelling1601

soil1607

raking1610

roping1611

firing1644

scalding1753

balling1788

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Seton, a rowell; or the rowelling, or roping of a bruised or strained horse.

3. A ropelike formation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > object resembling rope or string

rope1393

lacec1450

roping1658

1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick viii. iv. 221 Aloes..beat together [with waters] until it turn to water, and swim about in ropings.

1697 J. Wallis Let. Magnetism 5 I am unwilling to attempt a Dispute, which would be as endless as the Ropings of the Welchman's Toasted Cheese.

1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) iii. 190 With the usual ropings and twistings in the surface.

1888 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 217 (caption) Border of Lava stream in the Sandwich Islands showing the Form Assumed by Partly Cooled Lava. Note the ‘roping’ in the lava.

1983 J. Graham Erosion 70 The avenues announcing rain and the hum of the neon and the miraculous ropings of spittle and dead leaves and urine.

a. The action of tying or securing with rope; (also) the connecting of a party of climbers with rope. Also with up.

ΚΠ

1684 in N. Thompson Choice Coll. Loyal Songs 235 They are fit for Cart, or Sledge, And a Roping only want, Sir.

1791 Cases Law, Equity, & Conveyancing 1 113 Can or cannot he justify, according to the said antient custom, the roping and staking the horses?

1875 R. F. Burton Ultima Thule I. Introd. section ix. 263 ‘Ropeing’ is not a new thing, as many Alpine travellers seem to think.

1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 102 The last shocks are on the wagon, the roping-up is done.

2004 M. J. Hambrey & J. Alean Glaciers (ed. 2) xiv. 273 If they [sc. crevasses] are bridged by snow, then roping-up is necessary.

b. U.S. The action of decoying a person into a gambling house; (also) the action on the part of an undercover detective of winning the confidence of a criminal as a preliminary to apprehending him or her. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 31 Mar. 2/3 (headline) More roping.

1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 240/1 The method known as ‘roping’, which means learning the facts of a man's manner of life and habits by getting a job, working with him, and forming a personal acquaintance with him.

1916 W. A. Dupuy Uncle Sam, Detective vi. 121 A detective less experienced in roping might have considered an opportunity to go to this man's hotel with him as a piece of good fortune.

c. Chiefly U.S. and Australian. The action of catching an animal with a rope; (also) an instance of this; an event at which this is performed.

ΘΚΠ

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

roping1849

leg-roping1876

1849 Spirit of Times 13 Oct. 403/3 Each one well knew of the ridicule that would attach to him if the boasted speed of his horse should fail, or his skill in roping.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 119 The drafting, the roping, the branding,..were novelties and excitements of a very high order.

1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) iii. i. 241 The roping and throwing and branding..filled our days with..the unusual.

1973 Times 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.

1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 24 Jan. b5/4 The new rule prohibits calves from being jerked off their feet during a roping and fines violators $100.

2001 R. G. Castro Chicano Folklore 42 Although the skills of riding and roping were everyday functions, informal competitions developed during the late eighteenth century.

5. The action of fitting or surrounding with ropes.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > hoisting-rope > supplying with

roping1836

1836 W. N. Glascock Naval Service I. 322 The cutting, goring, sewing, seaming and roping of sails.

1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Sept. 5/3 The permanent roping of the rapids is also talked of.

2006 P. Mason & I. Kuo in A. Leask & A. Fyall Managing World Heritage Sites xi. 192 The almost continual roping of the actual stones [at Stonehenge].

6. British. Horse Racing. The action of holding back or checking a horse to prevent it from winning. Also in extended use: the action on the part of a competitor of losing deliberately. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > actions of rider

pull1705

roping1854

pulling1862

1854 J. Mills Life of Racehorse (ed. 2) xiv. 66 (heading) The roping for the St. Leger.

1864 Daily Tel. 6 May 5/1 The Chester Cup contest was perfectly fair; there was no suspicion of ‘roping’.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 271 When a pedestrian or other athlete loses where he should have won, according to his backer's calculations, he is accused of roping.

1900 Times 12 Nov. 13/6 Jockey rings, pulling and roping, and now ‘doping’ are current topics of conversation in the ring.

Phrases

P1. roping in originally U.S. the action of decoying a person into a gambling house; (more generally) the action of ensnaring a person into something or (now more usually) prevailing upon a person to take part in some activity. [After to rope in at rope v.² Phrasal verbs 1.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > act of entrapping, ensnarement

beswiking1340

espying1340

telea1450

mismeaningc1450

trapping?1531

entrapping1564

entangling1574

catcha1586

entrapment1609

ensnarementa1617

ensnaring1660

trepan1665

trepanning1670

crimping1795

roping in1840

entoilment1855

noosing1878

1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 15 Sept. 2/4 Henry H. Taylor..went the ‘big figure’ in the ‘roping in’ business.

1846 H. W. Beecher Lectures to Young Men (ed. 2) v. 155 That department of gambling which includes the roping-in of strangers, young men, collecting-clerks, and unsuspecting green-hands, and robbing them.

1878 Proc. 11th Ann. Meeting Free Relig. Assoc. 75 I call such priestly practices nothing more nor less than ecclesiastical ‘roping-in’, worthy of tri-card-monte men or a bunco fraternity.

1882 L. L. Lynch Shadowed by Three xxxviii. 524 Well, I have already told you all that I know concerning the roping in of the girl through the agency of that avaricious old ballet mistress.

1917 Psychoanalytic Rev. 4 42 To be sure, she married him without caring particularly for him, but, even so.., if any ‘roping in’ had occurred he himself had done it.

1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. i. viii. 129 The young men who worked at the Winberg's rainproof factory, and were on their way home, needed no roping in.

2001 Times 7 Nov. ii. 16/6 Thus, the roping-in of Ackroyd and Harvey as artists-in-residence at the museum fits in rather well.

P2. roping down: the action of descending by means of a double rope fixed above; abseiling. [After to rope down at rope v.² 7a.]

ΚΠ

1935 D. Pilley Climbing Days vi. 122 This roping down..is a trick one gets used to.

1938 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 28 Aug. (Mag.) 1/4 (caption) This feminine climber is descending from one of the Teton peaks by means of a rope. Climbers call this kind of descent ‘roping down’, or ‘rappelling’.

1943 E. Shipton Upon that Mountain iv. 84 We could only proceed by a series of rappels. This is a method of ‘roping down’.

1965 A. Blackshaw Mountaineering viii. 240 Roping down... This involves:..pulling the rope round the anchor and down (the ‘rappel’ from which the manœuvre takes its name).

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

roping arena n. chiefly North American

ΚΠ

1903 Atlanta Constit. 18 Oct. 7/2 Texas people enjoy the novelty of watching a woman in the roping arena.

1927 W. D. Hoffman Knights of Desert xiv. 134 With the tie-rope he held ready in his pocket, the same that had won the championship in the roping arena, he bound her ankles.

2008 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 Dec. s1 We had an indoor and outdoor roping arena and I used to do a lot of roping as a kid.

roping horse n. chiefly North American

ΚΠ

1886 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 3 Sept. 6/3 He..was the best roping horse I ever saw.

1898 T. B. Drybrough Polo xii. 330 Probably 90 out of every 100 cattle horses have only been ridden ‘on circle’ looking for cattle, &c., four or five may be ‘roping’ horses.

1949 Los Angeles Times 12 July ii. 2/5 The final resting place of Soap Suds, once the greatest humorist's favorite roping horse.

1996 New Scientist 10 Aug. 31/1 A Thoroughbred accelerating out of the starting gate, a jumper pushing off over a fence, or a roping horse is drawing almost entirely on these rapidly deployed..reserves.

roping needle n.

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1850 Message President U.S. to Congr. 261 (table) 500 10-thread roping needles..25 per dozen.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 580 Roping-Needles, those used for roping, being strong accordingly.

1961 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 20 July Small anvil of a sailor's ‘palm’ is used to push large roping needle through canvas.

2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 240 A roping needle is a large sailmaker's needle, with the pointed end curved, used to rope sails with roping twine.

roping twine n.

ΚΠ

1829 Times 28 Mar. 1/3 (advt.) Dutch and roping twine.

1870 Causes Reduction Amer. Tonnage 72 24 pounds seaming twine. 18 pounds roping twine.

2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 240 A roping needle is a large sailmaker's needle, with the pointed end curved, used to rope sails with roping twine.

C2.

roping pole n. Australian and New Zealand (now historical) a long pole with a noosed rope attached to the end, used for catching cattle and unbroken horses.

ΚΠ

1872 Argus (Melborne) 16 Mar. Suppl. 1/7 J. R...who took the lead with a long and supple roping pole.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xii A first-class stockman, and handy with the roping-pole.

1981 G. Mitchell Bush Horseman 70 When catching unbroken horses in yards, many of the old bushmen used a roping pole. While more cumbersome than the thrown lasso, less skill was required, and a good throwing rope was not necessary.

roping stick n. = roping pole n.

ΚΠ

1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Austral. 115 A roping-stick about ten feet long, to which is attached a noose for throwing round the calf's neck.

1878 E. 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.

1900 R. Bruce Benbonuna xxii. 262 He seized the roping-stick, and..began to flog the horses furiously, causing them to rush madly round the stockyard.

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

单词	roping
释义	† ropingn.¹ Forms: early Middle English roping, early Middle English ropinge, early Middle English ropunge. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rope v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare Old Frisian hrōpinge act of calling, summons, Middle Low German rōpinge clamour, shout, act of calling, summons, Old High German ruofunga, hruofunga call, summons (Middle High German ruofunge). Obsolete. Urging, entreating; crying. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 233 Uneðe þurch þe abbedes roping [altered to bidding; c1230 Corpus Cambr. ropunge, a1250 Titus ropinge; a1250 Nero gropunge], þet hit seide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ropingn.² Brit. /ˈrəʊpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈroʊpɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s–1800s ropeing, 1600s– roping; also Scottish 1900s– raepin (Shetland), 1900s– raeppin' (Shetland), 1900s– raipin, 1900s– rapein', 1900s– rapin', 1900s– reppin (Shetland). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope n.¹, -ing suffix¹, rope v.² Etymology: Partly < rope n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly rope v.² + -ing suffix¹.Compare the following isolated example of an apparent Old English rāping (in form hraping ) small rope or cord ( < rope n.¹ + either -ing suffix¹ or -ing suffix³); however, this may simply represent a transmission error for rāpincel cord, string ( < rope n.¹ + Old English -incel , diminutive suffix: see wariangle n.):OE Vitellius Psalter lxxvii. 54 Sorte diuisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis : hlot he todælde him eorðan on hrapinge [eOE Royal rapincle] todales. 1. Ropes collectively; a set or arrangement of ropes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > collectively tackle1539 roping1566 cording1571 1566 in Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1905) I. 38 The pyleing and ropeing of the weste caye ys to be also amended. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 85 Roping made of Matts and Flags. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Sept. xv. 87 There is another Sort from Russia,..called Pass-hemp, which is a very shaggy, coarse, cheap Sort, used altogether for Roping. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 975 The roping when completed has the appearance of a net with square meshes. 1883 R. F. Walsh Irish Fisheries 10 Oftentimes good nets are lost by reason of those nearer on the roping giving way. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy (1886) 50 Q. What is the roping? A. The bolt rope round the edges of the sail to prevent it from rending. 1913 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 34 150 The frequent scheme of long panels crossed by diagonal bands suggests derivation from protective roping of the original vessel. 1977 D. 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. The operation of rowelling. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary procedures > procedures in farriery fireeOE discordingc1325 rowelling1601 soil1607 raking1610 roping1611 firing1644 scalding1753 balling1788 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Seton, a rowell; or the rowelling, or roping of a bruised or strained horse. 3. A ropelike formation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > object resembling rope or string rope1393 lacec1450 roping1658 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick viii. iv. 221 Aloes..beat together [with waters] until it turn to water, and swim about in ropings. 1697 J. Wallis Let. Magnetism 5 I am unwilling to attempt a Dispute, which would be as endless as the Ropings of the Welchman's Toasted Cheese. 1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) iii. 190 With the usual ropings and twistings in the surface. 1888 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 217 (caption) Border of Lava stream in the Sandwich Islands showing the Form Assumed by Partly Cooled Lava. Note the ‘roping’ in the lava. 1983 J. Graham Erosion 70 The avenues announcing rain and the hum of the neon and the miraculous ropings of spittle and dead leaves and urine. 4. a. The action of tying or securing with rope; (also) the connecting of a party of climbers with rope. Also with up. ΚΠ 1684 in N. Thompson Choice Coll. Loyal Songs 235 They are fit for Cart, or Sledge, And a Roping only want, Sir. 1791 Cases Law, Equity, & Conveyancing 1 113 Can or cannot he justify, according to the said antient custom, the roping and staking the horses? 1875 R. F. Burton Ultima Thule I. Introd. section ix. 263 ‘Ropeing’ is not a new thing, as many Alpine travellers seem to think. 1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 102 The last shocks are on the wagon, the roping-up is done. 2004 M. J. Hambrey & J. Alean Glaciers (ed. 2) xiv. 273 If they [sc. crevasses] are bridged by snow, then roping-up is necessary. b. U.S. The action of decoying a person into a gambling house; (also) the action on the part of an undercover detective of winning the confidence of a criminal as a preliminary to apprehending him or her. Now rare. ΚΠ 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 31 Mar. 2/3 (headline) More roping. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 240/1 The method known as ‘roping’, which means learning the facts of a man's manner of life and habits by getting a job, working with him, and forming a personal acquaintance with him. 1916 W. A. Dupuy Uncle Sam, Detective vi. 121 A detective less experienced in roping might have considered an opportunity to go to this man's hotel with him as a piece of good fortune. c. Chiefly U.S. and Australian. The action of catching an animal with a rope; (also) an instance of this; an event at which this is performed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > roping roping1849 leg-roping1876 1849 Spirit of Times 13 Oct. 403/3 Each one well knew of the ridicule that would attach to him if the boasted speed of his horse should fail, or his skill in roping. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 119 The drafting, the roping, the branding,..were novelties and excitements of a very high order. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) iii. i. 241 The roping and throwing and branding..filled our days with..the unusual. 1973 Times 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. 1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 24 Jan. b5/4 The new rule prohibits calves from being jerked off their feet during a roping and fines violators $100. 2001 R. G. Castro Chicano Folklore 42 Although the skills of riding and roping were everyday functions, informal competitions developed during the late eighteenth century. 5. The action of fitting or surrounding with ropes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > hoisting-rope > supplying with roping1836 1836 W. N. Glascock Naval Service I. 322 The cutting, goring, sewing, seaming and roping of sails. 1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Sept. 5/3 The permanent roping of the rapids is also talked of. 2006 P. Mason & I. Kuo in A. Leask & A. Fyall Managing World Heritage Sites xi. 192 The almost continual roping of the actual stones [at Stonehenge]. 6. British. Horse Racing. The action of holding back or checking a horse to prevent it from winning. Also in extended use: the action on the part of a competitor of losing deliberately. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > actions of rider pull1705 roping1854 pulling1862 1854 J. Mills Life of Racehorse (ed. 2) xiv. 66 (heading) The roping for the St. Leger. 1864 Daily Tel. 6 May 5/1 The Chester Cup contest was perfectly fair; there was no suspicion of ‘roping’. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 271 When a pedestrian or other athlete loses where he should have won, according to his backer's calculations, he is accused of roping. 1900 Times 12 Nov. 13/6 Jockey rings, pulling and roping, and now ‘doping’ are current topics of conversation in the ring. Phrases P1. roping in originally U.S. the action of decoying a person into a gambling house; (more generally) the action of ensnaring a person into something or (now more usually) prevailing upon a person to take part in some activity. [After to rope in at rope v.² Phrasal verbs 1.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > act of entrapping, ensnarement beswiking1340 espying1340 telea1450 mismeaningc1450 trapping?1531 entrapping1564 entangling1574 catcha1586 entrapment1609 ensnarementa1617 ensnaring1660 trepan1665 trepanning1670 crimping1795 roping in1840 entoilment1855 noosing1878 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 15 Sept. 2/4 Henry H. Taylor..went the ‘big figure’ in the ‘roping in’ business. 1846 H. W. Beecher Lectures to Young Men (ed. 2) v. 155 That department of gambling which includes the roping-in of strangers, young men, collecting-clerks, and unsuspecting green-hands, and robbing them. 1878 Proc. 11th Ann. Meeting Free Relig. Assoc. 75 I call such priestly practices nothing more nor less than ecclesiastical ‘roping-in’, worthy of tri-card-monte men or a bunco fraternity. 1882 L. L. Lynch Shadowed by Three xxxviii. 524 Well, I have already told you all that I know concerning the roping in of the girl through the agency of that avaricious old ballet mistress. 1917 Psychoanalytic Rev. 4 42 To be sure, she married him without caring particularly for him, but, even so.., if any ‘roping in’ had occurred he himself had done it. 1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. i. viii. 129 The young men who worked at the Winberg's rainproof factory, and were on their way home, needed no roping in. 2001 Times 7 Nov. ii. 16/6 Thus, the roping-in of Ackroyd and Harvey as artists-in-residence at the museum fits in rather well. P2. roping down: the action of descending by means of a double rope fixed above; abseiling. [After to rope down at rope v.² 7a.] ΚΠ 1935 D. Pilley Climbing Days vi. 122 This roping down..is a trick one gets used to. 1938 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 28 Aug. (Mag.) 1/4 (caption) This feminine climber is descending from one of the Teton peaks by means of a rope. Climbers call this kind of descent ‘roping down’, or ‘rappelling’. 1943 E. Shipton Upon that Mountain iv. 84 We could only proceed by a series of rappels. This is a method of ‘roping down’. 1965 A. Blackshaw Mountaineering viii. 240 Roping down... This involves:..pulling the rope round the anchor and down (the ‘rappel’ from which the manœuvre takes its name). Compounds C1. General attributive. roping arena n. chiefly North American ΚΠ 1903 Atlanta Constit. 18 Oct. 7/2 Texas people enjoy the novelty of watching a woman in the roping arena. 1927 W. D. Hoffman Knights of Desert xiv. 134 With the tie-rope he held ready in his pocket, the same that had won the championship in the roping arena, he bound her ankles. 2008 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 Dec. s1 We had an indoor and outdoor roping arena and I used to do a lot of roping as a kid. roping horse n. chiefly North American ΚΠ 1886 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 3 Sept. 6/3 He..was the best roping horse I ever saw. 1898 T. B. Drybrough Polo xii. 330 Probably 90 out of every 100 cattle horses have only been ridden ‘on circle’ looking for cattle, &c., four or five may be ‘roping’ horses. 1949 Los Angeles Times 12 July ii. 2/5 The final resting place of Soap Suds, once the greatest humorist's favorite roping horse. 1996 New Scientist 10 Aug. 31/1 A Thoroughbred accelerating out of the starting gate, a jumper pushing off over a fence, or a roping horse is drawing almost entirely on these rapidly deployed..reserves. roping needle n. ΚΠ 1850 Message President U.S. to Congr. 261 (table) 500 10-thread roping needles..25 per dozen. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 580 Roping-Needles, those used for roping, being strong accordingly. 1961 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 20 July Small anvil of a sailor's ‘palm’ is used to push large roping needle through canvas. 2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 240 A roping needle is a large sailmaker's needle, with the pointed end curved, used to rope sails with roping twine. roping twine n. ΚΠ 1829 Times 28 Mar. 1/3 (advt.) Dutch and roping twine. 1870 Causes Reduction Amer. Tonnage 72 24 pounds seaming twine. 18 pounds roping twine. 2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 240 A roping needle is a large sailmaker's needle, with the pointed end curved, used to rope sails with roping twine. C2. roping pole n. Australian and New Zealand (now historical) a long pole with a noosed rope attached to the end, used for catching cattle and unbroken horses. ΚΠ 1872 Argus (Melborne) 16 Mar. Suppl. 1/7 J. R...who took the lead with a long and supple roping pole. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xii A first-class stockman, and handy with the roping-pole. 1981 G. Mitchell Bush Horseman 70 When catching unbroken horses in yards, many of the old bushmen used a roping pole. While more cumbersome than the thrown lasso, less skill was required, and a good throwing rope was not necessary. roping stick n. = roping pole n. ΚΠ 1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Austral. 115 A roping-stick about ten feet long, to which is attached a noose for throwing round the calf's neck. 1878 E. 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. 1900 R. Bruce Benbonuna xxii. 262 He seized the roping-stick, and..began to flog the horses furiously, causing them to rush madly round the stockyard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ropingadj. Brit. /ˈrəʊpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈroʊpɪŋ/ Forms: see rope v.² and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < rope v.² (although this is first attested slightly later in the relevant sense: see rope v.² 2) + -ing suffix². Forming ropes or ropelike threads, esp. of a viscid or glutinous nature; turning ropy. †Also formerly: (of rain) falling heavily, so as to appear to form continuous strands. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts roping1440 ropy1467 roped?1489 long1569 stringy1694 thready1733 thongy1847 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 436 Ropynge, ale or oþer lycowre, riscosus [read viscosus]. a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 7 If it be glemous and roping, she gendrith an yvell y-callyd þe cray. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3693 With a ropand rayne rugh was the se. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 184 The best Hony..is..fine, roping, yf it be drawen in length. 1614 S. Latham Falconry i. xiii. 49 No water, but a roaping froth in it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. v. 23 Let vs not hang like roping Isyckles Vpon our Houses Thatch. View more context for this quotation 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ii. 169 We shall number Fifty Fogs, and some Roping Fila, besides thinner mistiness. 1700 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana (ed. 2) i. vii. 223/1 Adding of liquid or roping Pitch-like Soot ʒiij. 1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 116 Let dust keep gathering on the ground, And roping cobwebs dangle round. 1977 T. Hughes Gaudete 18 Half a ton of guts Balloon out and drop on to Lumb. He fights in the roping hot mass. 2007 G. K. Reynolds et al. in A. D. Salman et al. Granulation i. 14 ‘Roping’ flow in which the powder from the bottom is forced up the vessel wall and then tumbles down towards the centre. 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