Antonyms for noosing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : noos

Phonetic Transcription : nus

Definition of noosing

Origin : mid-15c., perhaps from Old French nos or cognate Old Provençal nous "knot," from Latin nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Rare before c.1600.

As in choke : verb smother, block
As in hang : verb kill by suspension from a rope

Example sentences :

Of course there was no possibility of noosing such a monster.
Extract from : « The Eagle Cliff » by R.M. Ballantyne

A large quantity of rope is required for noosing the elephants.
Extract from : « My First Voyage to Southern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston

They are also taken by spearing, by snaring, by noosing, and by netting.
Extract from : « Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And Overland » by Edward John Eyre

The operation of noosing each elephant occupied altogether from half an hour to three quarters.
Extract from : « My First Voyage to Southern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston

Here the art of noosing lingers; the loop being insidiously slipped over the birds head while at roost.
Extract from : « The Gamekeeper at Home » by Richard Jefferies

Their great business and common pursuit, is in noosing and taming wild horses and cattle.
Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846 » by Various

Noosing and driving into a kheddah or inclosure are now the only legitimate means of capture.
Extract from : « Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon » by Robert A. Sterndale

A temporary substitute for a curb is made by noosing a string, and putting the noose round the horse's lower jaw.
Extract from : « The Art of Travel » by Francis Galton

Noosing waterfowl is another general and very successful mode of taking them.
Extract from : « Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And Overland » by Edward John Eyre

Tat-tat-ko, or rod for noosing wild fowl, 16 feet long, vide p. 310.
Extract from : « Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And Overland » by Edward John Eyre

Synonyms for noosing

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