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HANGMAN'S HALTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hangman's halter mean? 

HANGMAN'S HALTER (noun)
  The noun HANGMAN'S HALTER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HANGMAN'S HALTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HANGMAN'S HALTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("hangman's halter" is a kind of...):

rope (a strong line)

Meronyms (parts of "hangman's halter"):

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 ("hangman's halter" 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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