Definition of "love-knot" [love-knot]

• A knot tied as a symbol of loyalty in love; a true-lovers' knot. (noun)
• A knot or bow of ribbon given or worn as a sign of loyalty or affection, or as a decoration. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair."
• "We have adroitly defined the infinite in arithmetic by a love-knot, in this manner ∞; but we possess not therefore a clearer notion of it."
• "Go pour a whisky, close the curtains and light a candle, for Bess the landlord's daughter, 'the land lord's black-eyed daughter, plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair'."