A cord for killing a person by hanging, esp. as a means of execution or capital punishment. In extended use: execution by hanging. Also in to take a…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope (41) ropeeOE A cord for killing a person by hanging, esp. as a means of execution or capital punishment. In extended use: execution by hanging. Also in to take a… withec1275 A halter, properly one made with withes. Obsolete. cordc1330 A rope for hanging; the hangman's rope. snarea1425 A noose, a halter. Obsolete. rare. tippet1447 A jocular name for a hangman's rope: usually Tyburn tippet (also Scottish St. Johnston's tippet: cf. riband, n. phrases 1). Obsolete. girnc1480 A noose. Obsolete. halter1481 A rope with a noose for hanging malefactors. widdie1508 A rope used for hanging; a hangman's noose. Chiefly in allusive expressions referring to hanging. Cf. widdiefu, n., widdieneck, n. Now archaic and… tether?a1513 Applied to a rope used for other purposes. A rope for hanging malefactors; a halter. hemp1532 In allusion to a rope for hanging. Tyburn tippet1549 see tippet, n. 2. John Roper's window1552 John Roper's window (also Roper's window): a hangman's noose. Obsolete. neckweed1562 slang The plant hemp (used with humorous allusion to the use of hempen rope for hanging people). Also: a hangman's noose. Now historical. noose1567 spec. Such a loop placed around a person's neck, used for execution or suicide by hanging. horse-nightcap1593 (grimly humorous for) a hangman's halter. tow1596 spec. A hangman's rope, a halter. Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 humorous. A hangman's noose. Obsolete. snick-up1620 A hangman's rope; a halter. Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 In extended use. A hangman's noose or halter. Also with distinguishing word, as hempen, etc. Cf. neckcloth, n. 2. Now historical. squinsy1632 transferred. A halter; a rope. Obsolete. rare. Welsh parsley1637 a hemp rope with a noose, used for hanging. St. Johnston's riband1638 a halter or hangman's rope. (St. Johnston = Perth). string1639 A line for binding or attaching anything; normally one composed of twisted threads of spun vegetable… In early use sometimes a rope or cord of any… Bridport daggera1661 A hangman's noose. Esp. in to be stabbed with a Bridport dagger: to be hanged. rope's end1663 A hangman's noose. cravat1680 figurative with reference to a noose, garrotte, etc., used for hanging or strangling. Frequently in hemp cravat, hempen cravat. Cf. wooden cravat n.… swing1697 A noose for hanging, halter. Obsolete. snecket1788 A sneck or sneck-band. Also transferred, a noose, halter. death cord1804 a cord used to kill somebody; spec. = death rope n. neckclothc1816 colloquial and poetic. A hangman's rope or noose. Now rare. Cf. necklace, n. 2a. St. Johnston's tippet1816 = St. Johnston's riband n. death rope1824 a rope used for hanging, a gallows rope; cf. death cord n. mink1826 A length of rope or other material formed or tied into a loop. spec. A noose placed around a person's neck; esp. a hangman's noose. squeezer1836 slang. The hangman's rope; the noose. yard-rope1850 (See quot. 1867.) necktie1866 U.S. slang. A hangman's noose. Now chiefly historical. Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 Stolypin's necktie, the noose. colloquial. widdieneckc1920 A hangman's noose. Only figurative in in (also into) the widdienecks: in or into a quarrel or dispute. |
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