1. A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
   "The trapper set a running noose to catch small game";
   - running noose, slip noose
    
2. A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
   "The condemned man eyed the noose with dread";
   - hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp [rare], hempen necktie
    
3. A noose used as trap for birds or small mammals
   "The cowboy fashioned a noose from his lasso";
   - snare, gin

1. Make a noose in or of
   "He noosed the rope to create a lasso"
    
2. Secure with a noose
   "The cowboy noosed the calf's legs"

Derived forms: noosed, nooses, noosing

Type of: fasten, fix, intertwine, loop, rope, secure, trap

Part of: gallows, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, lariat, lasso, reata, riata

Encyclopedia: Noose