neoplastic_pleonasm t1_j370oqb wrote
Reply to comment by DoctorBocker in TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds. by muadib1974
It was done a lot of different ways, but in some cases they'd put the limbs up on wooden blocks and use the wheel to smash them.
Black_Moons t1_j37gv00 wrote
I feel like that is what happened when they where told that 'using the wheel' was a method of torture/execution, but nobody really asked how it was done until it came time to do it to somebody.
"Dunno man.... get some wooden blocks and run him over with it? I heard we're supposed to break his bones or something"
ValhallaGo t1_j37tzad wrote
The idea was to put a limb across the spokes and then hit it between the spokes.
Broken on the wheel. That’s more or less what it meant.
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