English Dictionary

breaking wheel

名詞

歴史的

(chiefly historical) A form of execution, among the ancient Europeans, in which the victim is fastened to a wheel and subjected to blows. / The wheel-formed device into which the victim was tied.

日本語の意味

（主に歴史的）処刑方法の一種。被害者を大きな車輪に縛り付け、打撃を加えて処刑する方法または、その際使用される車輪状の装置

The museum displayed a rusty breaking wheel that was once used to execute criminals in medieval Europe.

博物館には、中世ヨーロッパで罪人を処罰するために用いられた錆びた車裂きの刑の車輪が展示されていた。

意味（1）

(chiefly historical) A form of execution, among the ancient Europeans, in which the victim is fastened to a wheel and subjected to blows.

意味（2）

The wheel-formed device into which the victim was tied.

breaking wheels （ plural ）