English

Noun

noyade ‎(plural noyades)

1. (chiefly historical) A murder by drowning; especially, one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution:

     By degrees, daylight itself witnesses Noyades: women and men are tied together, feet and feet, hands and hands; and flung in: this they call Mariage Républicain, Republican Marriage.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 486:

     Alongside this, there were the infamous noyades: perhaps 2,000 alleged counter-revolutionaries strapped in to barges were towed into the river Loire where the barges were scuppered, leaving the victims to drown.

Anagrams

• day one
• one day

French

Etymology

From noy(er) +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nwajad/

Noun

noyade f ‎(plural noyades)

1. drowning