running knot

American  

noun

1. a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose running noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.

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Etymology

Origin of running knot

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

The running knot had pulled tight and was buried in the fur behind his ear.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Clare came back with a piece of clothes-line, one end of which he slipped with a running knot round one ankle, and the other in like fashion round the other.

From A Rough Shaking by MacDonald, George

On these ropes they cast a loop and a running knot, a lasso for throwing, so that they might capture the man in safety from a distance.

From The World's Desire by Haggard, Henry Rider

Then Harvey proceeded to tie a running knot, through which he passed the other free end of rope.

From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Smith, Ruel Perley

Taking the light Manilla painter, he proceeded to form a large loop, and grasping it near the running knot, laid half a dozen turns across his hand.

From Adrift in the Ice-Fields by Hall, Charles W.