Using rope to tie, bind, or catch something, especially catching cattle with a lasso in ranching or rodeo sports.
From 'rope,' Old English 'rap,' possibly from Proto-Germanic 'rappan' (to gather or collect). Roping as a rodeo event became popular in the American West in the 1800s.
Roping in rodeos comes from the practical work of managing cattle on ranches—it's one of the few sports where the skills developed are literally applicable to actual work, making cowboy competitions genuine tests of ranch survival.
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