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.
roping
n : capturing cattle or horses with a lasso