Information About

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 .