Thesaurus:hangman's noose
English
Noun
Sense: a kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
Synonyms
- Bridport dagger (obsolete, colloquial)
- collar (archaic)
- halter
- hangman's knot
- hangman's noose
- hempen collar (archaic, poetic or euphemistic)
- hempen cravat (archaic, euphemistic)
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Further reading
- “972. punishment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “hangman's noose” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.