hangman's noose

English

Noun

hangman 's noose (plural hangman's nooses)

A kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by strangulation.

Translations

knot

Finnish: hirttosilmukka (fi)
French: nœud de pendu m
German: Henkersknoten m
Greek: βρόχος (el) m (vróchos), θηλιά (el) f (thiliá)

Norman: noeud d'pendard m
Polish: wisielcza pętla f
Russian: ви́сельная пе́тля́ f (víselʹnaja pétljá), ви́сельный у́зел m (víselʹnyj úzel), (затя́гивающаяся) уда́вка (ru) f (udávka), у́зел Ли́нча m (úzel Línča), пе́тля́ Ли́нча f (pétljá Línča)

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