Vocab Unit 1 pt 2 Flashcards
barrister
a lawyer who handles court cases
Château
a french aristocrats country home
conciergerie
a prison in paris
doll
a disparaging term for women in the 19th century
flambeau
torch
fortnight
two weeks; fourteen days
garret
attic or room on top floor of house or apartment
guillotine
heavy blade held up by two posts which is dropped on the victims neck in order to behead the victim
hackney-coach
a coach for hire; an older equivalent of a taxi
head drawer
man in charge of hotel
incarceration
imprisonment
jackal
accomplice who assists in menial or slightly disreputable acts
letter de cachet
sealed letter, especially from a sovereign, often ordering arbitrary imprisonment
mail-coach
before into of railways there were 2 types of coaches on english roads: mail-coach and stage-coach
mail coaches were subsidized by post office, stage was privately owned
miller
man whose profession is to grind wheat
usually portrayed as all white bc covered in flour
old bailey
old bailey court, central court where criminals were prosecuted
pile
long spear
postilion
man who rides the near horse to guide the horses drawing a coach
punch
spiced fruit beverage w/alcoholic base
quartering
antiquated punishment for criminals involving dismembering them into four parts
quid
slang for pound (british currency)
resurrection-man
person who digs up dead bodies to sell parts of them to scientists
also called resurrectionist
saint antoine
district of paris very active in revolution, especially in storming of bastille
scrivener
scribe or copier