With reference to the Halifax Gibbet: the heavy block of wood into which the blade is fixed. Cf. Halifax Gibbet n. at gibbet, n.1 1c. Obsolete. rare.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading > guillotining > guillotine > part of (3) head block1577 With reference to the Halifax Gibbet: the heavy block of wood into which the blade is fixed. Cf. Halifax Gibbet n. at gibbet, n.1 1c. Obsolete. rare. slider1795 Part of a guillotine. Also figurative. lunette1859 In the guillotine, the circular hole which receives the neck of the victim. |
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