2. Adjective. (of rope) having a noose ¹
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Definition of Noosed
1. noose [v] - See also: noose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noosed
Literary usage of Noosed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild beasts and their ways: Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America by Samuel White Baker (1890)
"The moment that the rhinoceros discovers that its leg is noosed, it makes a sudden
rush ; this draws the noose tight, and, at the same time, the jerk pulls ..."
2. The Indian Forester (1898)
"It seems Sunder Prasad, a khedda tusker, had noosed her, and she had thrown
herself over a cliff and came down a fall of about 40 feet, dragging Sunder ..."
3. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Leonard Pearson (1916)
"Then the feet being noosed, the body of the fetus is pushed by the hand or repeller
forward and to the side opposite to that occupied by the head until the ..."
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