Word Meaning

guillotine definition and meaning

n. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.
n. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
v. t. To behead with the guillotine.

Crossword clues for guillotine

- Decapitate
- Long-bladed device used for paper trimming
- Office device makes heads roll
- Paper cutter