Tyburn Tree

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim A gallows, situated at Tyburn, Middlesex, (present-day Greater London), that was used for public hangings from medieval times until 1783 (when executions were moved to Newgate Prison).

   “If he entered London by Oxford-street,Tyburn tree would certainly attract his attention, especially when ten or twelve criminals were about to suffer in the presence of a crowd of people gathered round it, indulging themselves in the sports and pastimes usual on such occasions.”

2. isim A gallows.

   “1840, James W. Peppercorns (translator), Moses Maimonides, The Laws of the Hebrews, Relating to the Poor and the Stranger, Pelham Richardson, page civ, The wild Olive, and the Fig, were the Tyburn-trees of the Athenians.”

3. özel isim Alternative letter-case form of Tyburn tree.