Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Noose

Noose , noun

[Probably from Old French nous, nom. sing. or acc. plural of nou knot, French noud, Latin nodus. Compare Node.]

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

Noose (noz) , transitive verb

To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.