hempen

[ hem-puh n ]

/ ˈhɛm pən /

of, like, or pertaining to hemp.

made of hemp.

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First recorded in 1325–75, hempen is from the Middle English word hempyn. See hemp, -en²

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The right of my good pleasure, signor knave; who soon shall dangle on a hempen rope.
Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende|Mary Lafon
Caius brought the horses to the trough in pairs, each with a hempen halter.
The Mermaid|Lily Dougall
There was a hempen carpet, inch deep with mud and dust, on the floor.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII, No. 28. July, 1873.|Various
The fruit, slit into halves, is placed in hempen or horsehair bags, and submitted to slight pressure in a tincture press.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

I suppose the rocks and this sawing together, parted our hempen cable, and away we went towards the shore, broadside-to.
Ned Myers|James Fenimore Cooper

adj.

"made of hemp," late 14c., from hemp + -en (2). In many figurative expressions 15c.-19c. it is in reference to the hangman's noose.