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    HEMPEN NECKTIE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hangingplay

    Synonyms:

    halter; hangman's halter; hangman's rope; hemp; hempen necktie

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("hempen necktie" is a kind of...):

    rope (a strong line)

    Meronyms (parts of "hempen necktie"):

    noose; running noose; slip noose (a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled)

    Holonyms ("hempen necktie" is a part of...):

    gallows (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)

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