love knot

a knot of ribbon as a token of love.

Also called lover's knot.

Origin of love knot

1350–1400; Middle English love knotte

As to whether the love-knot of which Mary Garland had the keeping still held firm, who should pronounce?

Roderick Hudson |Henry James
Who knows but that some day you may be showing it for a love-knot?'

A Gentleman of France |Stanley Weyman
To fasten his hood he has a curious gold pin, wrought at the greater end with a love-knot.

English Costume |Dion Clayton Calthrop
Troilus gives the maiden a sleeve, and she gives her Adonis a glove, as a love-knot.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 |The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

She gave him the love-knot from her breast, and stored his little trinket in that pure shrine.

Mary Anerley |R. D. Blackmore

love knot

a stylized bow, usually of ribbon, symbolizing the bond between two lovers Also called: lover's knot