| 单词 | death rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath rope death rope n. a rope used for hanging, a gallows rope; cf. death cord n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 1824 J. Symmons tr. Æschylus Agamemnon 101 Many a horrid death-rope swung! 1938 J. C. Powys Enjoyment of Lit. xv. 369 The same appalling sense of the monstrously grotesque—Stavrogin's putting soap on his death-rope. 2011 E. Dolnick Clockwork Universe i. ix. 53 One of the hangman's perks was the right to auction off souvenirs. Death ropes sold in one-foot lengths. < as lemmas |
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