Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To enclose by ropes; to cordon off
WordNet
v. divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred" [syn: rope in, cordon off]
Usage examples of "rope off".
That's why I've cut this itsy-bitsy piece of rope off the big coil and why I'm taking the explosives and grenades only from my rucksack and yours.
Girls in Port Kar will do almost anything to keep the rope off their neck and keep out of the canals.
They're small and they're a little on the light side and they dont have the hindquarters you'd want in a cuttinghorse but you can rope off of em .
Durnan tied the rope off, then the company followed Gower into the steep passage.
With a Swiss army knife she cut the rope off her neck, rolled her over and, using a disposable mouthpiece, started CPR.
I pulled her bound wrists above her head and tied the rope off by running the rope around Amy’.