roping

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

roping
    n 1: capturing cattle or horses with a lasso

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Let us not hang like ropingicicles
         Upon our houses' thatch.                 --Shak.
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