Look up: strappado

1. 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
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2. Strappado
   Strap·pa'do noun ; plural Strappadoes . [ Italian strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. German strapfen : confer German straff tense, stretched.] A military punishment formerly pr...
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3. Strappado
   Strap·pa'do transitive verb To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton.
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4. strappado
   strapado noun 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
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5. Strappado
   • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.
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6. Strappado
   Strappado was a former military punishment in which the victim was tied with a rope suspended from a beam, slowly raised above the ground and then suddenly dropped and caught, frequently causing dislocation of a limb.
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7. Strappado
   :For the Thoroughbred racehorse, see Estrapade (horse). `Strappado` is a form of torture in which the victim`s hands are first tied behind their back and suspended in the air by means of a rope attached to wrists, which most likely dislocates both arms. Weights may be added to the body to int...
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