The practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial.

(UK, Ireland, slang, obsolete) A pickled pig's head.

One who lynches.

(archaeology) A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems.

plural of lynchet

plural of lyncher

Alternative form of linchpin

Alternative form of linchpin

plural of lynchpin

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lynchpin