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

So Herrick:— “Thou sent’st to me a true love knot; but I Return a ring of jimmals, to imply Thy love had one knot, mine a triple tye.”

From Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture by Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William)

I heard his suit the Coxcomb ply; I heard her answer—"No;" A true love knot he ne'er could tie, Who could not bend a bow.

From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

It is the true love knot of a woman's heart, therefore cannot be undone.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold