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hempen
/ˈhɛmpən/
adj 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
endless
HEMPEN + NOUN
garments, sandals, tills, weares
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Made of hemp
In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his gliſtring armes does ill agree;
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 […]
2
Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.
[…] but rid himself also of the companionship of this ruffianly Sir Crispin, to whom no doubt a hempen justice would be meted.
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Synonyms
adjective — having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his gliſtring armes does ill agree;
Wiktionary02
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 […]
Wiktionary03
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.
Wiktionary04
One of the three was dressed in a costume made of seaweeds, a second in hempen garments, and a third in embroidered robes.
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