Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rope \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.