Rope Off, Turf, Territory, Domain
noun, verbal noun
Take your rope and stretch it out to show where the cutoff is. This is when you rope off something. It shows your territory and turf. Don't cross this rope I've stretched out, it's my domain.
なわばり
The reading is 縄 and 張る put together into one word.
案の定、その場所はヤクザの縄張りだった。
Sure enough, the place was yakuza territory.