hempstretch

English

Noun

hempstretch (uncountable)

1. A person who has been hanged.

   Synonyms: hempseed, gallows bird

   • 1850, António Vieira (translated), Sermoens:

     Then one of the men who were hanging there, asked him for Christian charity to cut the rope. He did so, and Hempstretch fell on his feet: and, thanking him for the benefit which he had received, desired that he would take him behind him, because he must accompany him in that journey.

See also

• stretch hemp