the Grace of Wapping

the Grace of Wapping
   obsolete London
   the killing of a pirate
   Wapping lies on the north bank of the Thames where a port used to be:
    ... the tide lapping Wapping Old Stairs, where pirates were taken and tied to the piles at low water until three tides — the Grace of Wapping — had flowed over them. (P. D. James, 1994 — they were probably killed before they were tied up)

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