[noose] n [ME nose, perh. of Prov origin; akin to Prov nous knot, fr. L nodus--more at node] (15c) 1: a loop with a running knot that binds closer the more it is drawn
2: something that snares like a noose
[2]noose vt noosed ; noos.ing (1600) 1: to secure by a noose
2: to make a noose in or of