noose
/nu:s; nus/ n
1 loop in one end of a rope, with a knot that allows the loop to be tightened as the other end of the rope is pulled 索套; 活结; 活套
He's facing the hangman's noose, ie waiting to be hanged. 他面临绞刑. =>illus 见插图.
2 (idm 习语) put one's head in the noose => head1.