slip noose
- a variation of slipnoose.
Example Sentences
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Kate’s hands were trembling with the violence of her emotions as she tied a slip noose in a leather strap and secured the horses to the railing.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline
Dave quickly unslung the coil of line from his shoulder and proceeded to reeve a slip noose in one end.
From Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
Kibatti then untied a cord, and stealthily passing it round the four legs of the buffalo, drew the other end round the neck in a slip noose without waking him.
From My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
When I came to myself, I was lying on a bed of fern in a bright morning and Nukéwis was cooking quail which she had snared with a slip noose made of her hair.
From The Trail Book by Austin, Mary Hunter
Rapidly did the Indian thus wet the whole string, the loop of the slip noose included, until the whole stood out as though made of steel wire.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.
