1. A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
   - hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp

Type of: rope

Part of: gallows

• steam boiler
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• steam coal
• steam engine
• steam fitting
• steam heating
• steam iron
• steam line
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• steam organ
• steam pipe
• steam room
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