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suomiteilipyörä, teiliratas, katariinanpyörä

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Substantiivi

  1. (historical) A wheel used to break a restrained victim's limbs and body in an ancient European form of execution.

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Monikkobreaking wheels

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(historical) A wheel used to break a restrained victim's limbs and body in an ancient European form of execution.

Execution wheel (German: Richtrad) with underlays, 18th century; on display at the Märkisches Museum, Berlin

(historical) A wheel used to break a restrained victim's limbs and body in an ancient European form of execution.

Illustration of execution by wheel (Augsburg, Bavaria, 1586): Classic example of the "breaking wheel" punishment, with wheel crucifixions in the background

(historical) A wheel used to break a restrained victim's limbs and body in an ancient European form of execution.

An execution wheel exhibited in the Museum of Cultural History Franziskanerkloster in Zittau, Saxony, Germany, dated 1775; bolted to the lower rim edge is an iron blade-like thrust attachment