lingchi (English, noun)
expansion: lingchi (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: ling chi
tags: alternative
form: leng t'che
tags: alternative