GUILLOTINE


Meaning of GUILLOTINE in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.