draw and quarter

2 definitions found

draw and quarter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  draw and quarter
      v 1: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his
           extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people
           were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw,
           quarter, draw and quarter]

draw and quarter - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "draw and quarter":
     defoliate, denude, dismember, flay, grill, impale, keelhaul,
     lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, picket,
     pull apart, rack, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tar and feather,
     tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, torture