单词 | noosed |
释义 | noosedadj. Of a rope, cord, etc.: formed into a noose; looped. rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > fastened with a loop > tied in a noose noosed1624 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 231 Bradford was suddenly caught by the leg in a noosed Rope. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 26 Lariats, or noosed cords, used in catching the wild horse. 1878 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 7 267 They also catch turtle with a noosed rope. 1901 Man 1 74 As emblems of power are shown the whip, two crook scepters.., two bows and a sheaf of arrows, and a noosed cord. a1933 R. Jeffers Coll. Poetry (1989) II. iii. 284 Enter a shepherd and his little son, the shepherd leading a reluctant lamb by a noosed thong. 1991 G. Abbott Lords of Scaffold (BNC) 145 Ascending the ladder backwards, he pulled the victim up with him until he was able to secure the noosed ropes to the chains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1624 |
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