Rope play
Informal name for rope bondage as an activity, and in community use for tying for enjoyment rather than to practise technique.
Wikipedia gives rope play as another name for rope bondage: using rope to restrain, wrap or suspend a person as part of BDSM. Within rope communities the word play also marks a mode of tying. Anatomie Studio distinguishes playing, tying for fun, from labbing, tying to work on technique. Shibari Study describes a scene as a rope play session in which partners use skills they are already confident with, again set against practice time.