love knot

American  

noun

1. a knot of ribbon as a token of love.

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love knot British  

noun

1. Also called: lover's knot.  a stylized bow, usually of ribbon, symbolizing the bond between two lovers

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Etymology

Origin of love knot

1350–1400; Middle English love knotte

Example Sentences

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love knot

Speaking of misfortunes, the Enys-Mark-Keren love knot ends even more poorly than I thought possible.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2015

Here, the empty spaces, the holes in the white love knot of figures, are as interesting as the limbs, bodies and heads.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why do so many marriages persist when the love knot slips, and bandages fall away from the eyes?

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel

The hair in the men was allowed to flow to the shoulders or gathered in a love knot, while the whiskers and beard formed a point.

From The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art by Tytler, Sarah

By hatred— By danger—the two hands that tightest grasp Each other—the two cords that soonest knit A fast and stubborn tie; your true love knot Is nothing to it.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David