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hempen

[ hem-puhn ]

adjective

  1. of, like, or pertaining to hemp.
  2. made of hemp.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hempen1

First recorded in 1325–75, hempen is from the Middle English word hempyn. See hemp, -en 2
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Example Sentences

It is true that Saint Francis was ceint by a hempen girdle, and, moreover, was clad in a habit of gris.

He swung a huge hempen sack over one shoulder and trailed a heavy staff.

The peasant took the front seat, untied his hempen reins, and gave the horses a cut with the whip.

There was a hempen string, and on this, next his hand, he had tied a bit of ribbon and an ordinary iron key.

From "canabis," the Latin name for hemp or flax, we have the word "canvas" to mean any texture woven of hempen thread.

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