English Dictionary

tongue-boring

名詞

可算名詞 歴史的 不可算名詞

(historical) A punishment whereby a hole or bore was made in someone's tongue.

日本語の意味

（歴史的な刑罰）舌に穴を開ける、または穿孔する刑罰

In some medieval chronicles, tongue-boring is described as a brutal punishment reserved for offenders who spoke treason.

いくつかの中世の年代記では、舌に穴を開ける刑罰が反逆を口にした罪人に対して科された残忍な処罰として記述されています。

意味（1）

(historical) A punishment whereby a hole or bore was made in someone's tongue.

Seventeenth-century settlers in the colonies - and usually their children as well - lived in a world that took for granted stocks and tongue-borings, religious proscriptions, fear of witches, and savage repression of the lower orders.

tongue-borings （ plural ）