King James Bible Dictionary

A knotted "eye" of cord, corresponding to the "taches" or knobs in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them into a continuous circuit, fifty to a curtain (Exodus 26:4, 5, 10, 11).

LOOP, noun

1. A folding or doubling of a string or a noose, through which a lace or cord may be run for fastening.

That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop to hang a doubt on.

2. In iron-works, the part of a row or block of cast iron, melted off for the forge or hammer.

LOOP'ED, adjective Full of holes.

LOOP'HOLE, noun

1. A small aperture in the bulk-head and other parts of a merchant ship, through which small arms are fired at an enemy.

2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage.

3. A passage for escape; means of escape.

LOOP'HOLED, adjective Full of holes or openings for escape.

LOOP'ING, noun In metallurgy, the running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.