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breaking wheels (<equipment for corporal punishment>, <equipment by context>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Devices in the form of a wheel, sometimes spiked, used for torture or execution by breaking the victim's bones or tearing flesh; in use from antiquity into early modern times. |
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breaking wheels (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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breaking wheel (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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wheels, breaking (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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raderen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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rad (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TH |
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........ Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........................ breaking wheels (G) |
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Dutch ..... Instrumenten in de vorm van een wiel, soms met scherpe punten, dat werd gebruikt voor marteling of executie. De botten van het slachtoffer werden gebroken, of zijn vlees werd uiteengereten. Ze werden gebruikt vanaf de oudheid tot in de vroegmoderne tijd. |
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