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hempen
[ hem-puhn ]
adjective
- of, like, or pertaining to hemp.
- made of hemp.
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Example Sentences
It is true that Saint Francis was ceint by a hempen girdle, and, moreover, was clad in a habit of gris.
He swung a huge hempen sack over one shoulder and trailed a heavy staff.
The peasant took the front seat, untied his hempen reins, and gave the horses a cut with the whip.
There was a hempen string, and on this, next his hand, he had tied a bit of ribbon and an ordinary iron key.
From "canabis," the Latin name for hemp or flax, we have the word "canvas" to mean any texture woven of hempen thread.
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