An ancient torture device, similar to either the mediaeval rack or the Spanish donkey.
çekim: çoğul eculei
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Italic *ekwos Latin equus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -uleus Latin equuleus Latin eculeuslbor. Italian eculeo Learned borrowing from Latin eculeus, a…
rack (torturing device) · any difficult or painful experience or situation; any hostile treatment; the metaphorical location for such treatment or such an experience
çekim: çoğul pijnbanken
eş: folterbank, martelbank
köken: From Middle Dutch pijnbanc. Equivalent to pijn (“pain”) + bank (“bench”).
easel (upright frame for displaying or supporting something) · trestle, sawhorse (triangular support frame with four legs) · A-frame sign (sign that stands on two legs, for either advertisement or caution)
çekim: çoğul cavaletes
köken: Borrowed from Italian cavalletto. By surface analysis, cavalo + -ete.