Noose

How to make a noose.

Canonical Name: Noose.
Variant Name(s): Running knot, Slip knot.
Category: Slip knot.
Origin: Ancient.
Related knot(s): Hangman's knot, Running bowline, Tarbuck knot, Slip knot.
Efficiency: Unknown.
Caveat: None.

This article is about the simple slip-knot, sometimes known as a noose. For a noose capable of resisting attempts to loosen it, see Hangman's knot.

The noose is a simple knot, normally made from a small-diameter rope, that is often used by campers and hunters to catch small game. The noose has also traditionally been known as a suicide method; however the actual knot associated with this is the Hangman's knot.

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