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Definition of Loose end
1. Noun. Work that is left incomplete.
Definition of Loose end
1. Noun. The end of a rope that has not been fastened. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic by extension) A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loose End
Literary usage of Loose end
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"Thrummed, made of coarse, woollen yarn; thrum, the loose end of a weaver's warp; IV.
ii. 77- Thrummed hat and muffler. From Speed's Map of England. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"To be at a loose-end," said of one who goes on unsteadily, as " They get hold of
being at a loose end ; " " She has been at a loose end ever sin ; " " She ..."
3. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"There is now a simple mattress suture with one loose end and a double end within
the needle, and another loose end on the opposite side of the stitch (Fig. ..."
4. The Aborigines of Tasmania by Henry Ling Roth, Marion E. Butler, James Backhouse Walker, John George Garson (1899)
"On arriving at a large limb, the middle of the rope is also secured in the left
hand, and the loose end is thrown over the limb by the right hand, ..."
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