| 释义 |
‖ sellette|sɛlɛt|
Also 7 selette.
[Fr., dim. of selle seat: see sell n.1]
The stool upon which a prisoner in France sits during his examination.
1670Cotton Espernon ii. vii. 315 His Host..demanded his Name, Surname, Country, Quality, and Age, with many other interrogatories, as if he had been upon the Selette. 1841James Brigand III. iii. 63 The prisoner was brought forward and placed on the elevated seat called the scellette [sic], where he was interrogated..by his judges. |
