Noosed

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /nuːst/

Definitions

1. Having created a fastening that can tighten around an object when pulled Denoting a type of binding that forms a loop capable of constricting Indicating the action of causing a cord to encircle and secure something tightly
2. Made a loop knot designed to constrict when tightened around an item
3. Created a binding with a loop that tightens upon pulling to hold firmly

Etymology: "Noosed" is simply the past tense and past participle of "noose," so the real story belongs to the noun. The noun comes into Middle English as "nose," meaning a loop or knot, and its origin is uncertain. One possibility is that it comes from Old French "nos" or Old Occitan "nous," forms of "nou" meaning "knot," with the sense shifting from the knot itself to the loop the knot makes. If that is right, it would be related to French "nœud," Spanish "nudo," and Portuguese "nó," all meaning "knot." The more probable source, though, is Middle Low German "nȫse," meaning "loop, noose, snare." That word may have arisen from a misdivision of a phrase meaning "a loop," which traces back through Old Saxon to a Proto-West Germanic root for "eyelet, loop." Related forms survive in Saterland Frisian, where "Oose" still means "eyelet, loop," suggesting the same kind of change happened there too.

Synonyms: tied, bound

Antonyms: untied