hempen

adjective2

1. •
   (old-fashioned) Made of hemp

   • In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his glistring armes does ill agree — 1590
2. •
   Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.

   • […] but rid himself also of the companionship of this ruffianly Sir Crispin, to whom no doubt a hempen justice would be meted. — 1904