Noose

(nōoz, or nōōs) (Synop., § 130), n. [Cf. Ir. nas, a band or tie, nasquim, I bind or tie, and Prov. Ger. schneusz, schneisze, a noose or springe for catching birds.] A running knot, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

Where the hangman does dispose To special friend the knot of noose. Hudibras.