蛇へび責ぜめ

noun

snake torture; binding and placing in a tub of snakes

Historical torture method in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub or pit with snakes. Rarely used outside historical or cultural references.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで蛇へび責ぜめの拷ごう問もんシーンが出でてきた。

  A snake-torture scene appeared in the period drama.

• 蛇へび責ぜめは江え戸ど時じ代だいの拷ごう問もんの一ひとつとして知しられている。

  Snake torture is known as one of the tortures of the Edo period.