晒さらし首くび

noun

displayed severed head; head on public display

Historical term referring to the Edo-period practice of displaying a criminal's severed head in public as a warning. Can also refer to the head itself or the act of displaying it.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、罪ざい人にんのさらし首くびが行おこなわれた。

  In the Edo period, the public display of criminals' heads was carried out.

• さらし首くびは見みせしめの意い味みがあった。

  Displaying severed heads served as a warning to others.