slipnoose

American  

[slip-noos] / ˈslɪpˌnus /

Or slip noose

noun

1. a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.

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slipnoose British  

/ ˈslɪpˌnuːs /

noun

1. a noose made with a slipknot, so that it tightens when pulled

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Etymology

Origin of slipnoose

First recorded in 1840–50; slip ¹ + noose

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

slipnoose

The young farmer quickly fashioned a noose at the end of the line—not a slipnoose, for that would tighten and hurt anybody bearing upon it.

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Burbank L. Todd

The heavy mass was overthrown, with the crash of a falling bell, and the man, rushing with all his might, dripping with perspiration, passed the slipnoose around the bronze neck of the subdued monster.

From International Short Stories: French by A. Cheneviere

This done, he made a slipnoose on one end of a piece of twine.

From Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North by Dillon Wallace

Those bought at stores have a metal knot or honda through which the slipnoose runs; but cowboys and Boy Scouts do not need this.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

Afore yer could count ten I made a slipnoose fast about ther necks o' forty o' them animiles, got back aboard the frigate an' tied ther other and o' ther line ter the capstan.

From Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys by

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