hangman's rope

Questions about hangman's rope

What does hangman's rope mean?

hangman's rope means "a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging".

What is another word for hangman's rope?

Close synonyms include hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hangman's rope a common word?

hangman's rope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.