A string or cord made from hemp fibers, used historically for various purposes like binding or securing items.
Compound of 'hemp' and 'string,' both Old English derived. Hemp's strong fibrous stalks made it ideal for rope and string-making since ancient times, particularly valued by sailors and farmers.
Before synthetic materials, a ship's entire rigging—sometimes hundreds of miles of rope—came from hemp plants; a single hempen ship used about 60 tons of the plant, making hemp farming as crucial to seafaring as shipbuilders themselves.
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