Danish - English
Definition of gafler in Danish English dictionary
- forks
These are not your forks.
-De her er ikke dine gafler.
- The forks on most bikes do two jobs that is a) hold the wheel to the rest of the bike, and b) control how the wheel moves up and down to absorb bumps Each fork leg contains a spring to support weight and an oil damper to control how fast it extends or compresses
- - The sprung metal tubes that connect the front wheel to the motorcycle triple-tree
- third-person singular of fork
- horizontal tine-like projections, normally suspended from the carriage, for engaging and supporting loads
- The gallows (Latin, furca ) Cicero (de Divinitate, i 26) says, "Ferens furcam ductus est, " often quoted in proof that criminals condemned to the cross were obliged to carry their own cross to the place of execution But the ordinary meaning of furca is a kind of yoke to which the hands of criminals were fastened The punishment was of three degrees of severity: (1) The furca ignominiosa; (2) the furca pænalis; and (3) the furca capitalis The first was for slight offences, and consisted in carrying the furca on the shoulders, more or less weighted The second consisted in carrying the furca and being scourged The third was being scourged to death The word furcifer meant what we call a gallows-bad or vile fellow