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Latching

A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet by which it is attached to the foot of a sail called also latch and lasket...

Loop

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls...

Noose

A running knot or loop which binds the closer the more it is drawn...

loop line

a railway line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it at another point...

handlock

a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist usually used in pairs a handcuff...

Picot

One of many small loops as of thread forming an ornamental border as on a ribbon...

An amusement railroad of varying design in which open cars coast by gravity over a long winding track in a closed circuit with steep pitches and ascents and in some cases loops in which the cars are briefly upside down typically the cars are pulled by a chain device to the top of the first peak after which gravity and momentum provide the only propulsive forces In some cases the cars are suspended from a monorail rather than resting on a track and such cars may be made to swing outward at an angle near to the horizontal It is a popular amusement at many amusement parks but is sufficiently frightening to some people that they refuse to ride in one...

rubber band

A closed loop of rubber usually having a thin rectangular cross section also called elastic band it varies in length from the circumference of a finger to several inches and is usually used to hold several objects together temporarily by the tension exerted when the band is stretched and fitted around the objects to be held as to hold a pack of cards together with a rubber band...

Kiddle, Kidel, or Kedel

Kiddle, Kidel, or Kedel [fr. kidellus, Lat.], a dam or open wear in a river, with a loop or narrow cut in it, accommodated for the laying of wheels or other engines to catch fish, 2 Inst. 38; and see, per Lord Selborne, C., Neill v. Duke of Devonshire, (1882) 8 App Cas 144....

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