"hangman's noose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hangman's nooses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hangman's noose (plural hangman's nooses)
  1. A kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging. Wikipedia link: hangman's noose Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Knots Translations (kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging): oprátka [feminine] (Czech), hirttosilmukka (Finnish), nœud de pendu [masculine] (French), Henkersknoten [masculine] (German), βρόχος (vróchos) [masculine] (Greek), θηλιά (thiliá) [feminine] (Greek), hóhérkötél (Hungarian), noeud d'pendard [masculine] (Norman), wisielcza pętla [feminine] (Polish), ви́сельная пе́тля́ (víselʹnaja pétljá) [feminine] (Russian), ви́сельный у́зел (víselʹnyj úzel) [masculine] (Russian), уда́вка (udávka) (alt: затя́гивающаяся) [feminine] (Russian), у́зел Ли́нча (úzel Línča) [masculine] (Russian), пе́тля́ Ли́нча (pétljá Línča) [feminine] (Russian), hängsnara [common-gender] (Swedish)

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