HANGMAN'S ROPE

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

• HANGMAN'S ROPE (noun)
  The noun HANGMAN'S ROPE has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANGMAN'S ROPE (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 rope" is a kind of...):

rope (a strong line)

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

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 rope" is a part of...):

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