roping (roping)

[ IMG:content-2463.png:[blocks in formation] roping-needle (rō'ping-nē"dl), n. A large nee- dle used in sewing bolt-rope on the edges of sails and awnings. roping-palm (rõ ping-päm), n . Naut ., a heavy palm or piece of leather used in sewing bolt- rope on the edge of sails. See palm1 , 4. IMG:content-2464.png:[blocks in formation] been the favourite colour for the roquelaure or cloak, and some must have been "exceedingly magnifical," scarlet rock lows and rocliers, with gold buttons and loops, being advertised as lost. J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 160. roquelo (rok'e-lō), n . Same as roquelaure . She then saw, parading up and down the hall, a figure wrapped round in a dark blue roquelo . Mme . D'Arblay , Camilla, ix. 4. ( Davies .) roquet (rō-kā'), v. t. [Appar. an arbitrary alteration of croquet, to expre a special meaning.] In the game of croquet, to cause one's ball to strike (another ball), entitling the player to place his own ball beside that he has struck and to continue in play. roquet (rō-kā'), n. [