Hempen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɛmpən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hempen is an adjective meaning Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.
Meaning
Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.
More Meanings
- (dated) Made of hemp
Example Sentences
[…] but rid himself also of the companionship of this ruffianly Sir Crispin, to whom no doubt a hempen justice would be meted.
In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his gliſtring armes does ill agree;
Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.
A quiet land is this—a land where the slow-moving Basque, with his flat biretta-cap, his red sash and his hempen sandals, tills his scanty farm […]
Synonyms for hempen
Depending on context, synonyms include tough, fibrous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fibrous, tough, hempish, cannabine, hempie, hemlined.
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