English Dictionary

Judas cradle

名詞

A purported torture device by which the suspended victim’s orifice was slowly impaled on and stretched by the pyramidal tip of the ‘seat’.

日本語の意味

ユダのゆりかご：拷問器具の一種で、吊るされた被害者の体の穴に、ピラミッド型の先端をゆっくりと押し当て、拡大・損傷させるための装置

At the dimly lit museum, visitors fell silent before the plaque describing the Judas cradle, horrified by the account of how the pyramidal seat was used to slowly impale and stretch a suspended victim's orifice.

薄暗い博物館で、来館者はピラミッド型の座面で吊るされた犠牲者の穴をゆっくりと貫通・拡張したとされる拷問具を説明する案内板の前で黙り込み、その記述に愕然とした。

意味（1）

A purported torture device by which the suspended victim’s orifice was slowly impaled on and stretched by the pyramidal tip of the ‘seat’.

Judas cradles （ plural ）