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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)