running knot

American  

noun

1. a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose running noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.

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Etymology

Origin of running knot

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

The running knot had pulled tight and was buried in the fur behind his ear.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

They then take the bridle of their own horses in their teeth, seize with both hands their heavy pole, and bending forward throw, by a powerful effort, the running knot round the wild horse’s neck. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

On these ropes they cast a loop and a running knot, a lasso for throwing, so that they might capture the man in safety from a distance.

From The World's Desire by Haggard, Henry Rider

By this time the Asturian maid had procured from the stable the halter of Sancho's donkey, on which her young mistress quickly made a running knot and passed it over Don Quixote's wrist.

From The Story of Don Quixote by Choate, Florence

If I possessed an expedient for extricating her from a dilemma, without compromising my own neck to the extent of a single running knot, what would you say to it?

From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence