ropa

1 ropa v. rapus

2 ropa [ME rop, rope], rope or sim. used for tying or binding. b (~a ferrea) chain. 1292 in virgis emptis pro ~is et lannis ij d. ob. (Durrington, Wilts) Ac. Man. Coll. Wint.; 13‥ in ~is pro ligacione rosci, quindecim den. Cart. Rams. I 79; 1421 pro viiij m libris ~us camb’ EEC 503.  b 1403 ij caruce cum ij paribus ferramentorum et ij ~is ferreis pro bobus in eisdem trahentibus (Ropley, Hants) Ac. Man. Wint..