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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 hanging
Familiarity information: HANGMAN'S HALTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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