What does hempen mean in English? Meaning of hempen definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "hempen" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "hempen": having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
Adjective
Meaning: having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
Synonyms: fibrous
hempen
Similar: tough
Adjective: (dated) Made of hemp. 1590: Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen (vol. 1) In fowle reproch of knighthoods faire degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his glistring armes does ill agree; 1891: Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company 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 ...1590: Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen (vol. 1) In fowle reproch of knighthoods faire degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his glistring armes does ill agree;1891: Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company 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. 1904: Rafael Sabatini, The Tavern Night ... but rid himself also of the companionship of this ruffianly Sir Crispin, to whom no doubt a hempen justice would be meted.1904: Rafael Sabatini, The Tavern Night ... 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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