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elastic loop

NOUN
rubber band
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At times, Whelan busily manipulated props — a long cape that mostly got in her way, an elastic loop, ropes — with differing amounts of visual interest but whose thematic function was not clear.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2019

Hart, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. I claim a bow or tie, A, having an elastic loop or cord, B, arranged horizontally at its rear, with both of its ends free, for the purpose substantially as described.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

An elastic loop holds a fountain-pen in position.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

His ready tied necktie was very red and fastened on his collar button with an elastic loop.

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott