guillotine

guil·lo·tine

noun
\ˈgi-lə-ˌtēn; ˌgē-(y)ə-ˈ, ˈgē-(y)ə-ˌ\

Definition of GUILLOTINE

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

Origin of GUILLOTINE

French, from Joseph Guillotin †1814 French physician

First Known Use: 1790

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with GUILLOTINE

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