About The Word Strappado
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Strappado
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What's The Definition Of Strappado?
[n] torture in which a person's hands and tied behind their back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists and that allowed to drop until their fall is checked by the rope
Synonyms | Synonyms for Strappado: Related Terms | Find terms related to Strappado: See Also | torture | torturing Strappado In Webster's Dictionary \Strap*pa"do\, n.; pl. {Strappadoes}. [It. strappata a
pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G.
strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched.]
A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in
drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall
to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often
dislocated. --Shak.
\Strap*pa"do\, v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado. --Milton. |
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