車くるま裂ざき

noun

tearing apart by tying limbs to carts moving in opposite directions

A form of medieval execution or punishment; historical term, not used in modern contexts.

• 車くるま裂ざきは中ちゅう世せいの刑けい罰ばつの一ひとつで、罪ざい人にんの手て足あしを二に台だいの牛ぎっ車しゃに縛しばり付つけて引ひき裂さいた。

  Kurumazaki was a medieval punishment in which the criminal's limbs were tied to two oxcarts and torn apart.