| 单词 | to bring to the ladder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring to the ladder ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of ladderc1515 yardarm?a1554 tramc1650 drop1796 drop-bolt1890 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lix. 204 [Iuoryn] commaundyd a .xxx. men to lede hym to ye galows &..they causyd the mynstrell to mount vp on ye ladder. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L2 I..should haue been hanged, was brought to the ladder,..and yet for all that scap'd dancing in a hempen circle. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. M2 Casting mee off the ladder. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. O3v A fidler cannot turne his pin so soone, as he [sc. the executioner] would turn a man of the ladder. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 336 Many..haue bene brought to the gallowes, and haue confessed vppon the Ladder, that [etc.]. a1634 J. Day Peregrinatio Scholastica (Sloane 3150) f. 29v A kinsman of myne, that is grome of the ladder, and yeoman of the Corde. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 647 The offer of a pardon comes too late, to him that hath turn'd himself off the Ladder. < as lemmas |
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