NOYADES

Noun

noyades

plural of noyade

Source: Wiktionary


NOYADE

No`yade", n. [F., fr. noyer to drown, L. necare to kill.]

Definition: A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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