| 单词 | to bring to the halberds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring to the halberds ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1714 W. Bisset Mod. Fanatick Postscript He was ty'd up to the Halberds, and a Drummer order'd to lash him.] 1756 S. Bever Cadet iv. 42 When a Soldier is sentenced by a Court Martial to the Halberts.., the Gentlemen and Ladies of the Place make Application to the Commanding Officer for a Remission of the Sentence. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) To be brought to the halberts; to be flogged à la militaire: soldiers of the infantry, when flogged, being commonly tied to three halberts, set up in a triangle, with a fourth fastened across them. 1824 T. B. Macaulay Great Law-suit in Knight's Q. Mag. 2 407 My old uncle..would have had some of them up to the halberts. 1843 Colburn's United Service Mag. July 394 He implored hard for mercy, adding, that he had been twenty years in the service, and was never till then brought to the halberts. 1990 J. A. Lowe Rec. Portsmouth Div. of Marines Introd. p. l The persistent deserters, drunkards, thieves and troublemakers were undoubtedly a minority and many men were never brought to the halberds. < as lemmas |
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