hempen necktie
- noun
- /ˈhɛmpən ˈnɛkˌtaɪ/
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- The outlaw faced the hempen necktie after his conviction for murder.
Examples
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Stories of the Old West often mention men meeting their end by the hempen necktie.
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They found a hempen necktie at the old gallows.
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Many feared crossing the sheriff, knowing a hempen necktie awaited those who broke the law.
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The prisoner wore a hempen necktie as part of the execution.
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The outlaw faced the hempen necktie after his conviction for murder.
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Stories of the Old West often mention men meeting their end by the hempen necktie.
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Many feared crossing the sheriff, knowing a hempen necktie awaited those who broke the law.
Synonyms
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6.1
A loop of rope with a knot that tightens used to catch animals or for hanging
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9.6
A rope loop used to hang a person
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9.8
A rope that people use to kill someone by putting it around their neck and making them fall
A rope used to hang a person sentenced to death
A loop in a rope that tightens when you pull it
Surface Forms
Morphology
hempen + necktie
The components 'hempen' (made of hemp, rope-like) and 'necktie' (a tie worn at the neck) transparently yield the image of a hemp tie placed around the neck, and a hangman's noose is literally a rope tied around the neck, so there is a clear compositional link. However, using 'necktie' to mean an execution noose is a euphemistic/archaic sense and 'hempen' is relatively low-frequency, so the precise sense 'hangman's noose' is not fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
The noun hempen necktie comes from a simple picture: a hempen rope tied like a necktie and used by a hangman to hang people. So, it means 'a hangman's noose'.