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strappado
(encz) | strappado, n: |
Strappado
(gcide) | Strappado \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.
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Strappado
(gcide) | Strappado \Strap*pa"do\, v. t.
To punish or torture by the strappado. --Milton.
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strappado
(wn) | strappado
n 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 [syn: strappado,
strapado] |
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strappado
(encz) | strappado, n: |
Strappadoes
(gcide) | Strappado \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.
[1913 Webster] |
strappado
(wn) | strappado
n 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 [syn: strappado,
strapado] |
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