Behand

Quick meaning: Behand is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.

Meaning

(transitive) To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.

Example Sentences

The pit burial in a Cahokia mound of four beheaded and behanded men "could easily be personifications of the four beheaded, sacred ears of corn in a similar ritual" (Brose and Greber 1979, 264).

Notice the bronze hands over the fireplace. A person sentenced to be "behanded" might by law commute the punishment by paying a certain sum, and presenting a bronze hand marked with the name, crime, etc.

Word Forms

• behands
• behanding
• behanded

Related Words

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