long drop (English, noun)
expansion: long drop (plural long drops)
Senses:
glosses: An outhouse; a pit latrine.
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
glosses: A technique for execution by hanging, according to which the individual's height and weight were used to determine how much slack would be provided in the rope, to ensure breaking of the neck without decapitation.
tags: UK
historical
Forms:
form: long drops
tags: plural