snickled

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adjective

Tied into a noose using a slip knot.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of snickle
adjectivesnickled (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTied into a noose using a slip knot.

    If a wire or chain sling is hooked back on itself, or secured by a choke hitch, ie by reeving one end of the sling through the other, it is said to be snickled.

    1995, Admiralty Manual of Seamanship, →ISBN, page 3-166
  2. not comparablesnared.

    Take the time when Billy Jackson, Squire Ferris's gamekeeper saw Ira on his way home from the moors and guessed he had some snickled hares in his knapsack.

    2007, John Waddington-Feather, Ira and the Cycling Club Lion and Other Short Stories, →ISBN, page 52
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APA

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Chicago

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