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Definition of 'strappado'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) strappado
an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim was hoisted by a rope around the wrists, dropped, and allowed to fall the length of the rope.

2. strappado
the instrument used for this purpose.

Etymology: (1550–60; alter. of MF strapade or its source, It strappata a sharp pull or tug)

Definition of 'strappado'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) strappado, strapado
a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope

Definition of 'strappado'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) strappado
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

2. (verb) strappado
to punish or torture by the strappado

Definitions of 'strappado'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. strappado
an obsolete military punishment by drawing a culprit to the top of a beam and then letting him drop the length of the rope.

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