Definition of rop

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

A soldier held the end of a frayed rope .

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

Bicycle gear-sets he had once used as the basis of the design for the Camden_Cycly_Company plant hung on a rope in one corner , and over his desk , next to several old and dusty hats , was a clean pair of roller_skates which he occasionally used up_and_down front of his house .