Meaning of peine forte et dure | Babel Free

Definitions

Crushing, an old form of punishment (torture) in which the prisoner's body was pressed with heavy weights.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“It was a solid structure, with massy door, sooner than open which in the absence of the ‘Dominie’, we would all have willingly perished by the peine forte et dure.”

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