noosing
Making a snare
Noosing is the act of capturing with a noose—a loop of rope that tightens when pulled.
The term appears in contexts of animal capture noosing wild horses and, more grimly, in descriptions of hangings or suicides.
Figuratively, to noose someone is to trap or ensnare them.
One who kills condemned
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
- gibbetExecution display structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- judicialOf courts and judges
punishment · lynching · necktie-party · death · strangling · garrote · tighten · choke
Device for catching animals
- ensnareCatch by trickery
- entangleTwist into confusion
- captureTake into custody
- loopCurve closing on itself
hitch · bind · tighten · constriction · cinch · wildlife · poacher · game
hangman
One who kills condemned
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
- gibbetExecution display structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
judicial · punishment · lynching · necktie-party · death · strangling · garrote · tighten · choke · strangulation
trap
Device for catching animals
loop · hitch · bind · tighten · constriction · cinch · wildlife · poacher · game · prey
loop
Curve closing on itself
hitch · ligature · tourniquet · cinch · tighten · draw · slip · running · bowline · threading
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
roundup · cattle · steer · calf · corral · ranch · herding · vaquero · gaucho · buckaroo
noosingreleasing
Allowing to escape
loosening · untying · unbinding · unfastening · unknotting
noosingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
releasing · liberating · letting go · setting free · loosing