Definition of Hempen

1. Adjective. Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute.

Exact synonyms: Fibrous
Similar to: Tough
Derivative terms: Fiber

Definition of Hempen

1. a. Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.

Definition of Hempen

1. Adjective. Made of hemp. ¹

2. Adjective. Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hempen

1. made of hemp [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hempen

hemovore
hemozoin
hemp
hemp-nettle
hemp-nettles
hemp-vine
hemp-vines
hemp agrimony
hemp family
hemp milk
hemp nettle
hemp tree
hemp willow
hempa
hempcrete
hempen (current term)
hempen necktie
hempie
hempier
hempies
hempiest
hemplike
hemps
hempseed
hempseeds
hempvine
hempvines
hempweed
hempweeds
hempy

Literary usage of Hempen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"I. THE hempen CRAVAT. ВТ RB STODDARD. The Southern costume—have you heard of it, sirs ?— Is a single shirt-collar, and a big pair of spurs ; "Tie airy for ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"The greatest improvement ever made in the mooring of vessels is the substitution of the chain cable for the hempen one, which has been effected during the ..."

3. Personal and Political Ballads by Frank Moore (1864)
"Is a single shirt-collar and a big pair of spurs; "Tis airy for summer, there's no doubt of that, But not half so neat as a hempen cravat. ..."

4. Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1826)
"Of wel hempen Cables. THE common practice of coiling down wet hempen cables in the tier, immediately after they have been hove in, fully saturated with ..."

5. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1826)
"Of wet hempen Cables. THE common practice of coiling down wet hempen cables in the tier, immediately after they have been hove in, fully saturated with ..."

6. A Manual of the Mechanics of Engineering and of the Construction of Machines by Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1890)
"hempen Rope.—Before wire ropes were made, hemp was the only material used in rope-making; but now hempen rope is seldom employed, except for the smaller ..."

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