Definition of "hempen" []

• Of, relating to, or resembling hemp. (adjective)

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• "I was seized, hauled aboard, sputtering and gasping and screaming in the rough hempen net, air chasing water from my lungs."
• "I think, though, of clean sheets, soft and thin smelling, and towels that would fluff if we had the money to not hang them on the hempen line in the relentless sunshine."
• "I know, I know, slippery slopes and hempen ropes and all that."