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quartering block

quartering block noun: a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered.

Noun

quartering block (plural quartering blocks)

  1. (historical) A block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered.
    • The week however passed away without any disclosure : the gallows and quartering block were ready at Tyburn : the sledge and axe were at the door of Newgate1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC

Forms of quartering block

pluralquartering blocks

Questions about quartering block

What does quartering block mean?
Quartering block means a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered.
What part of speech is quartering block?
Quartering block is a noun.
What is the plural of quartering block?
The plural of quartering block is quartering blocks.

Words near quartering block in the dictionary

  1. quarterfold
  2. quarterfolds
  3. quarterhorse
  4. quarterhorses
  5. quartering
  6. quartering block
  7. quartering blocks
  8. quarterings
  9. quarterite
  10. quarterites
  11. quarterization

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