écarteler

Meaning

  1. (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)
  2. to divide a shield into four parts

Concepts

Translations

escartairar

müsamaha göstermek

Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kaʁ.tə.le/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French esquarterer, with dissimilation. Related to quartier.

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