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Noosing

Noose \Noose\ (n[=oo]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noosed (n[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Noosing.] To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

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vb. (present participle of noose English)

Usage examples of "noosing".

Harrison was now supervising the task of noosing shrouds to the new masthead.

The leopard trap was clearly the centre of his line, but he was noosing for small game, using light galvanized baling wire, probably purchased for a few shillings at a country general dealer's store.

She jerked out of Naill's hold, when he tried to pull her free from the third such noosing, and unfastened the belt and the lacings at the throat, dropping it to lie in a dingy circle about her scratched and dusty feet.