hempen
Americanadjective
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of, like, or pertaining to hemp.
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made of hemp.
Etymology
Origin of hempen
First recorded in 1325–75, hempen is from the Middle English word hempyn. See hemp, -en 2
Vocabulary lists containing hempen
Example Sentences
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Devise no salt, no hempen thing For the dear instrument to bear.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2016
There were even sales tickets on the coiled hempen ropes down which no one had ever had to make a fire escape.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was admitted, donned the rude brown habit with hempen girdle, the sandals on his bare feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two men were below them picking fallen boards out of the stout hempen safety net that stretched the whole length of the span.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flowers weren’t available at sea and so the koumbaros, a guy named Pelos serving as best man, switched the king’s hempen crown to the queen’s head, the queen’s to the king’s, and back again.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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