écarteler
Meaning
- (transitive) to draw and quarter (to execute by pulling the victim's limbs in different directions; to pull a body apart by the four limbs)
- to divide a shield into four parts
Concepts
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kaʁ.tə.le/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French esquarterer, with dissimilation. Related to quartier.
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