noosing
- present participle of noose.
Example Sentences
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Mitchum is snagging coconuts and noosing turtles; Deborah is roasting breadfruit and thatching a sail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Marc-Antonio Grilli, the cleverest lad in the parish at noosing any wild animal, is our patron of the feast.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
The operation of noosing each elephant occupied altogether from half an hour to three quarters.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
They were all tied to different trees by the legs, and upon approaching the spot, we found an encampment of Arabs and Moormen who had been noosing elephants for sale.
From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Also he had a horrid habit of noosing moccasins for sport; and it would have been easy for him to introduce one to me while I slept.
From Police!!! by Hutt, Henry
