hangman's knot

American  

noun

1. a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.

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Example Sentences

Best extras: Viewers get five optional commentary tracks from historians and critics for the films “The Desperados,” “The Tall T,” “Buchanan Rides Alone,” “Hangman’s Knot” and “The Stranger Wore a Gun” and an 11-minute brief overview of Scott’s work at Columbia.

From Washington Times

Jody Williams knew things had gotten out of hand early last month, when a post on the pro-Trump message board TheDonald included a detailed diagram of how to tie a “hangman’s knot” on a noose.

From Washington Post

The caption read, “After 2 weeks of quarantine with her husband, Gertrude decided to knit him a scarf…”, but the picture showed her knitting a noose with the hangman’s knot already tied, the newspaper reported.

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That, and the self-portrait with his hands wrapped in a hangman’s knot, illustrate the frustration and uncertainty that Rodriguez said define his life as he waits for his immigration status to be resolved.

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In its filing, Hyperloop One said the rope was actually given a “lasso knot, not a hangman’s knot” and was a joking reference to a cowboy hat that Mr. BamBrogan regularly kept on his desk.

From New York Times