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Definition of Hempen necktie
1. Noun. A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.
Group relationships: Gallows
Terms within: Noose, Running Noose, Slip Noose
Generic synonyms: Rope
Derivative terms: Halter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hempen Necktie
Literary usage of Hempen necktie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... something vital ; NECK-VERSE, see quot, 1696 ; NECK-WEED = hemp, ОГ
GALLOWS-GRASS (fV) ; TO WEAR A hempen necktie, etC. = tO be hanged. ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1897)
"A touch of the wooden sword released him from his hempen necktie, and he was
again free. Just then he suddenly became aware that a venerable man stood ..."
3. Deeds of Daring by Both Blue and Gray by D. M. Kelsey (1883)
"... to be pure horse stealing ; such as, in the opinion of our brethren of the
Far West, is best rewarded by a hempen necktie fastened with a slip-knot. ..."
4. Deeds of Daring by the American Soldier by D. M. Kelsey (2000)
"In a Federal uniform with the exception of his coat, which was gray, he dared
not surrender, lest the costume be completed by a hempen necktie. ..."
5. Captain Blood: His Odyssey by Rafael Sabatini (1922)
""If I spend the last shilling of my fortune and the last ship of the Jamaica
fleet, I 'll have that rascal in a hempen necktie before I rest. ..."
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