Guillotine(n.)
- A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.
Guillotine(n.)
- Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
Guillotine(v. t.)
- To behead with the guillotine.