It was apparent that the cord around the victim's neck had been pulled through a knot, and they saw a broken, varnished piece of wood tied to one end of the cord.

His chains can only be broken by the piece of wood tied to Frank's life.

An injured and staggering girl is captured in the woods and awakens tied to a post in a basement, with many people present.

He also tried experimenting with wood he carved into the best approximation of "long feet' he could arrive at, tied to his feet with a mixed grass and tail hair rope.

The traditional Japanese vise was a wedge of wood tied to a post with a coil of rope.

His body had been found two days later, up in those woods, tied to a tree with the hands and feet chopped off.

Some seemed to have logs of wood tied behind them, others crawled along on all fours, others dragged children by the hand, and all yelled at the top of their voices.

His feet felt like unwieldy blocks of wood tied to his ankles.

I found your escort imprisoned in the woods near here, tied and gagged-once I had freed them, it was not hard-no doubt he thought himself secure.