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A kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hangman's knot
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
oprátka
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Finnish:
hirttosilmukka
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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French:
nœud de pendu
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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German:
Henkersknoten
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Greek:
βρόχος
(vróchos)
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Greek:
θηλιά
(thiliá)
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Hungarian:
hóhérkötél
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Norman:
noeud d'pendard
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Polish:
wisielcza pętla
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Russian:
ви́сельная пе́тля́
(víselʹnaja pétljá)
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Russian:
ви́сельный у́зел
(víselʹnyj úzel)
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Russian:
уда́вка
(udávka)
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Russian:
у́зел Ли́нча
(úzel Línča)
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Russian:
пе́тля́ Ли́нча
(pétljá Línča)
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
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Swedish:
hängsnara
— kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging
