transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgi-lə-ˌtēn; ˌgē-(y)ə-ˈ, ˈgē-(y)ə-ˌ ]
noun
Etymology: French, from Joseph Guillotin died 1814 French physician
Date: 1793
1. : a machine for beheading by means of a heavy blade that slides down in vertical guides
2. : a shearing machine or instrument (as a paper cutter) that in action resembles a guillotine
3. chiefly British : closure by the imposition of a predetermined time limit on the consideration of specific sections of a bill or portions of other legislative business
• guillotine transitive verb