Tyburn
[taibә:n]
Definition
n. the historic place of execution in London.—ns. Ty′burn-tick′et a certificate of exemption from certain parochial offices formerly granted to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction; Ty′burn-tipp′et a halter; Ty′burn-tree the gallows.
Editor: Peter
Examples
- If you walley my precious life don't upset me, as the gen'l'm'n said to the driver when they was a-carryin' him to Tyburn. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They hanged at Tyburn, in those days, so the street outside Newgate had not obtained one infamous notoriety that has since attached to it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Editor: Peter