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Strappado

noun
(pl. strappadoes)
1.
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.  Synonym: strapado.





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"Strappado" Quotes from Famous Books



... shrine of St Jago, give the fellows at least the strappado," cried Don John, out of all patience. "Since restitution may not be, be the ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. • Various


Words linked to "Strappado" :   strapado, torturing, torture


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