hempen
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Canada/ˈhɛmpən/
hempen adjective: made of hemp.
Adjective
hempen (not comparable)
- Made of hemp
- In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his gliſtring armes does ill agree;1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 125
- A quiet land is this—a land where the slow-moving Basque, with his flat biretta-cap, his red sash and his hempen sandals, tills his scanty farm […]1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “How the Army made the passage of Roncesvalles”, in The White Company […], London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 136
- Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.
- […] but rid himself also of the companionship of this ruffianly Sir Crispin, to whom no doubt a hempen justice would be meted.1904, Rafael Sabatini, The Tavern Night
hempen meaning in Odia
hempen in Odia
- hempen
- ଛଣି chaṇi
Examples of hempen in a sentence
- Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.1942 May-June, “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:
- Apparently, Bridport is noted for "its hempen manufactures.2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 53:
Origin of hempen
From Middle English hempen, hempyn, from Old English *hænepen (“made of hemp, hempen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapīn (“hempen, made of hemp”), equivalent to hemp + -en. Cognate with West Frisian himpen (“hempen”), Dutch hennepen (“hempen”), German Low German hempen (“hempen”), German hanfen, hänfen (“hempen”). More at hemp.
Words formed from hempen
Phrases with hempen
Questions about hempen
- What does hempen mean?
- Hempen means made of hemp.
- What is hempen in Odia?
- Hempen in Odia is ଛଣି (chaṇi). See Hempen meaning in Odia.
- How do you use hempen in a sentence?
- Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.
- What part of speech is hempen?
- Hempen is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hempen?
- Hempen is pronounced /ˈhɛmpən/ (Canada).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hempen (page history and authors); ଛଣି (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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