hempen

UK /ˈhɛmpən/ US /ˈhɛmpən/

adj 2

Definitions

adj

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 […]

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.

ADJ.

endless

HEMPEN + NOUN

garments, sandals, tills, weares

PREP.

adjective — having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making

In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his gliſtring armes does ill agree;

Wiktionary

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 […]

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

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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