单词 | patibulate |
释义 | † patibulatev. humorous. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To hang or crucify (a person). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 1811–12 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 4127 This decisive Judge was himself finally patibulated. 1881 Society 11 June 3/1 That distinguished burglar after he had been duly patibulated. 2. intransitive. To be sentenced to death by hanging. ΚΠ 1860 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 190 Most of the Alsatians..‘patibulate’ at Justice Hall, and eventually..end at Tyburn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.1811 |
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