noose
noun
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
nooser
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a word derived from
noose.
Example Sentences
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She even, on another occasion, put her own foot under that of one of the wild ones, and kept it up till the nooser was able to slip the rope over it.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
The nooser now passed another noose under the other hind leg, which was secured like the first.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
She placed herself close to the leader, but it was to allow the nooser to stoop down under her, and to slip his noose round the hind foot of the wild one.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
At the same time, the courage and activity displayed by a Spanish piccador or matador is infinitely superior to that which a Singhalese nooser is compelled to exert.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
