From French guillotine , after Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin , who proposed its use for capital punishment. Borrowed from French guillotine. Named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. First attested in the early s.
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The guillotine that has been in the Prison Gate since looks imposing: the sharp blade inside hangs so threateningly, ready to fall with a bang, that one hardly dares to come close. And yet it made capital punishment much more humane. The guillotine was named after the French doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotin The inclined blade would fall so rapidly that death would be almost painless.
Guillotine , instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France in The device consists of two upright posts surmounted by a crossbeam and grooved so as to guide an oblique-edged knife, the back of which is heavily weighted to make it fall forcefully upon and slice through the neck of a prone victim. Previous to the French Revolution , similar devices were in use in Scotland , England , and various other European countries, often for the execution of criminals of noble birth. At first the machine was called a louisette , or louison , after its inventor, French surgeon and physiologist Antoine Louis, but later it became known as la guillotine. In September France outlawed capital punishment and abandoned the use of the guillotine. Compare beheading. Article Media. Info Print Cite. Submit Feedback.
