hempstretch

== English == === Noun === hempstretch (uncountable) 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