hempen necktie

Questions about hempen necktie

What does hempen necktie mean?

hempen necktie 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 hempen necktie?

Close synonyms include hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp. 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 hempen necktie a common word?

hempen necktie 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.