ropery

From rope +‎ -ery.

ropery (countable and uncountable, plural roperies)

1. (obsolete) Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

     Marry, farewell! I pray you, sir, what saucy
     merchant was this, that was so full of his ropery?

2. A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

• “ropery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Ropery on the Free Dictionary
• Romeo and Juliet on Yahoo!, see the glossary for "Ropery"

• Ropewalk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chatham Victorian ropery

• Perroy