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Ein Richtblock im Sauerland-Museum Arnsberg.

Etymology

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richten +‎ Block

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Noun

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Richtblock m (strong, genitive Richtblocks or Richtblockes, plural Richtblöcke)

  1. (historical) a block on which body parts, especially the head, are chopped off as part of (judicial) punishment

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