"quartering block" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quartering blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quartering block (plural quartering blocks)
  1. (historical) A block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-quartering_block-en-noun-d1Rnvg-X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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