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Strappado

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Noun

1. strapado, strappado

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Strappado

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noun plural -does
a system of torture in which a victim was hoisted by a rope tied to the wrists and then allowed to drop until the fall was suddenly checked by the rope

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Strappado

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nounWord forms: plural strapˈpadoes
1. 
a former kind of torture in which the victim was lifted in the air by a rope fastened to the wrists, then suddenly dropped part way to the ground
2. 
the instrument used in this torture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Strappado

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n. pl. strap·pa·does
1. A form of torture in which the victim is lifted off the ground by a rope attached to the wrists, which have been tied behind the back, and then is dropped partway to the ground with a jerk.
2. The apparatus employed in this method of torture.

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