ropery
nounUK /ˈɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/ · US /ˈɹoʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/
Etymology From rope + -ery.
1
Obsolete Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
- Marry, farewell! I pray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this, that was so full of his ropery?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]:
2
A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.