Search Result for "draw_and_quarter":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;
- Example: "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
[syn: draw, quarter, draw and quarter]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

draw and quarter
    v 1: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his
         extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people
         were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw,
         quarter, draw and quarter]