He sees as in a dream a couple of bearded faces on the bank above, the owner of one of which is swinging a long, Noosed cord of twisted raw hide.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
The while the speaker has been fixing a knife to the Noosed ram, in such wise that the distressed native shall be able to detach it and cut himself loose below water.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
I see before me the hideous beam, the Noosed rope, the executioner, and the hooting crowd, hungry to see me strangled to death, and I fear it, I tell you, for the hope of life has begun to burn strongly again now that Fred has spoken as he has."
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn