Posted by ESC on December 20, 2005
In Reply to: Tied between 2 horses posted by mike on December 20, 2005
: what is the word used when a person was tied between 2 horses and pulled apart for a crime they had committed
This site says that sometimes horses were used in the process of a person being "drawn and quartered."
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_239.html