schavott

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German schavot, German Schafott, from Old French chafaut. Cognate of Italian catafalco and French échafaud. Doublet of katafalk.

Noun

schavott c

  1. scaffold (platform for executions)
  2. pillory (method of punishment)

Declension

Declension of schavott
nominative genitive
singular indefinite schavott schavotts
definite schavotten schavottens
plural indefinite schavotter schavotters
definite schavotterna schavotternas

Derived terms

References

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