hangman's
Belonging to executioner
Hangman's appears in phrases related to execution by hanging.
A hangman's noose or hangman's knot is the loop of rope placed around a condemned person's neck, with coils that tighten under weight.
The hangman's knot traditionally has thirteen turns, though this varies.
The term evokes capital punishment and its grim iconography.
Loop that constricts
- knotTied rope fastening
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
hood · trapdoor · condemned · gibbet · halter · drop · executioner · sentence
noose
Loop that constricts
scaffold · hood · trapdoor · condemned · gibbet · halter · drop · executioner · sentence · capital
puzzle
Challenge testing ingenuity
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
- guessingEstimating without certainty
- blanksUnfilled spaces on forms
stick · figure · drawing · word · clues · wrong · attempts · categories · spelling · party
fracture
Split in hard material
break · injury · axis · spine · dislocation · trauma · forensic · autopsy · judicial · spinal
hangman'svictim's
Belonging to harmed party
prisoner's · convict's · accused's · defendant's · inmate's
hangman'ssavior's
rescuer's · healer's · physician's · governor's · doctor's
- hangman's nooseFatal strangling loop