Guillotine
A very old French invention, typically with a large wooden frame, and a very sharp slate of metal attached to a rope. The person being executed is then laid down in position, the rope is pulled and they are decapitated.
"Today, at the hanging, we have two contraptions instead. An old-fashioned rope, and our new invention, the guillotine. It is swifter, and cleaner and has no chances of survival."
Guillotine by Intellectually Inclined Person February 22, 2019