Loop

n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub, luba, loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, lub, lubaim, to bend, incline; L. Ger. luppe, a bottle of hay.] 1. A folding or doubling of a string or a noose, through which a lace or cord may be run for fastening. That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop To hang a doubt on. Shak. 2. A small, narrow opening; a loop-hole. And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. Shak.

3. [Ger. luppe, an iron lump. Cf. LOOPING.] (Iron Works.) The mass of melted ore taken out from the fire in a pasty state for the forge or hammer.
4. A length of paling. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
5. A hinge of a door. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.