Bible Dictionaries
Noose

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

(2):

(v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Noose'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/noose.html. 1828.