"quartering block" meaning in English

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          "text": "The week however passed away without any disclosure : the gallows and quartering block were ready at Tyburn : the sledge and axe were at the door of Newgate",
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        "A block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered."
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        "(historical) A block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered."
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        "(historical) A block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered."
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