English Explanatory Dictionary

breaking wheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

breaking wheel breaking wheels

Synonyms

Catherine wheel

Related words

break on the wheel

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