"la guillotine" is named after a French representative, the doctor Guillotin, who did not invent the apparatus, but proposed during the French Revolution that a single mode of beheading criminals be adopted.
You would likely be killed BY a guillotine if placed IN a guillotine.
The Guillotine
a guillotine
Probably from the fact that when a person was executed by guillotine the head would roll around, even when landing in a basket.
Guillotine. It would cut off the heads of the victims, during the Reign of Terror. Certain people thought it was more humane than the old way of killing people [hangings, or beheadings with axe's]. It's believed that even after you were beheaded by the guillotine you could still live up to 30 seconds.
The Guillotine originated in France.
The purpose of guillotine?
By guillotine.
Seems like you must mean 'guillotine'
Louis Guillotine. His profession was an inventor.
Mam'zelle Guillotine was created in 1940.
Dry Guillotine was created in 1938.