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Noun: hangman's rope
  1. A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
    "The condemned man eyed the hangman's rope with dread";
    - hangman's halter, halter, hemp [rare], hempen necktie, noose

Type of: rope

Part of: gallows, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet