schavot
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch schavot, from Old French eschafaud. Cognate with English scaffold.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]schavot n (plural schavotten, diminutive schavotje n)
- A scaffold where public executions or less commonly corporal punishment or other humiliating punishments took place.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- schavot on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl