断だん頭とう台だい

noun

guillotine; scaffold; beheading block

Refers to the apparatus used for execution by beheading, especially the guillotine. Often used in historical or dramatic contexts.

• フランス革かく命めいでは、多おおくの貴き族ぞくが断だん頭とう台だいに送おくられた。

  During the French Revolution, many aristocrats were sent to the guillotine.

• 断だん頭とう台だいの刃はが落おちる瞬しゅん間かんを想そう像ぞうすると、背せ筋すじが凍こおる。

  Imagining the moment the guillotine blade falls sends a chill down my spine.