ordeal

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.

   “trial by ordeal”

2. isim A painful or trying experience.

   “All the same, nearly eight hours on the footplate covering a distance of 320 miles, with an ambient temperature of up to 103° for much of the time, proved an ordeal which I would not lightly undertake again.”

3. isim The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean.