noosing

Synonyms for noosing

verb smother, block

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

Of course there was no possibility of noosing such a monster.

A large quantity of rope is required for noosing the elephants.

They are also taken by spearing, by snaring, by noosing, and by netting.

The operation of noosing each elephant occupied altogether from half an hour to three quarters.

Here the art of noosing lingers; the loop being insidiously slipped over the birds head while at roost.

Their great business and common pursuit, is in noosing and taming wild horses and cattle.

Noosing and driving into a kheddah or inclosure are now the only legitimate means of capture.

A temporary substitute for a curb is made by noosing a string, and putting the noose round the horse's lower jaw.

Noosing waterfowl is another general and very successful mode of taking them.

Tat-tat-ko, or rod for noosing wild fowl, 16 feet long, vide p. 310.