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Webster 1913 Edition

Rope

Rope

,
Noun.
[AS.
rāp
; akin to D.
reep
, G.
reif
ring hoop, Icel.
reip
rope, Sw.
rep
, Dan.
reb
,
reeb
Goth. skauda
raip
latchet.]
1.
A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See
Cordage
.
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.

Rope

,
Verb.
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
roping
icicles
Upon our houses' thatch.
Shakespeare

Rope

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord;
as, to
rope
a bale of goods
.
Hence: –
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Rope

ROPE

,
Noun.
1.
A large string or line composed of several strands twisted together. It differs from cord, line and string, only in its size; being the name given to all sorts of cordage above an inch in circumference. Indeed the smaller ropes, when used for certain purposes, are called lines.
Ropes are by seamen ranked under two descriptions, cable-laid, and hawser-laid; the former composed of nine strands, or three great strands, each consisting of three small ones; the latter made with three strands, each composed of a certain number of rope-yarns.
2.
A row or string consisting of a number of things united; as a rope of onions.
3.
Ropes, the intestines of birds.
Rope of sand, proverbially, feeble union or tie; a band easily broken.

ROPE

,
Verb.
I.
To draw out or extend into a filament or thread, by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Any glutinous substance will rope considerably before it will part.

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