Horca in english
Gallow
pronunciation: gæloʊ part of speech: noun, adjective
pronunciation: gæloʊ part of speech: noun, adjective
In gestures
horca1 = hayfork ; pitchfork.
Example: This is no doubt the only library that is entered through a silo with hay forks hanging through original barn beams overhead.Example: A northern Missouri girl is recovering from an infection after being impaled by a pitchfork while doing chores on the family farm.more:
» armado con horca = pitchforked .
Example: All such schemes would be likely to bring the pitchforked masses into the streets.» atravesar con una horca = pitchfork .
Example: Auntie, according to the tale, didn't die in her sleep, but was pitchforked to death by a jealous ex-boyfriend.» horca de jardín = gardening fork ; garden fork .
Example: Give me a spade any day for this and most other garden jobs like this, rather than a half-moon cutter or a gardening fork or anything else. Example: Earlier this spring, I hauled out the garden fork, the shovel and the hoe, only to find that only one of them was in one piece.» manejar con una horca = pitchfork .
Example: In the early days, hay was often cut with hand scythes, pitchforked onto a wagon and then stacked in a barn.» manipular con una horca = pitchfork .
Example: In the early days, hay was often cut with hand scythes, pitchforked onto a wagon and then stacked in a barn.horca2 = noose ; gibbet.
Example: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.Example: The 18-year-old is shown hanging on a gibbet with an axe beside her, the murder weapon she used to kill her landlady.more:
» dejar colgado de una horca como ejemplo = gibbet .
Example: In 1771 he robbed a mail coach, was tried and hung and gibbeted for two years in these woods.» morir en la horca = death by hanging .
Example: In Britain, death by hanging was the principal form of execution from Anglo-Saxon times until capital punishment was suspended in 1964.