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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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strappado
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back. vb. (context transitive English) To torture by means of this device.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The strappado , also known as corda , is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are first tied behind his or her 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 [also: strappadoes (pl)]
Usage examples of strappado.
If it is ordained that thou shouldst advance the ends of the Brotherhood by being shark-bitten, or flea-bitten, or bitten by sharpers, to the detriment of thy carnal wealth, or, shortly, to suffer any shame or torment whatsoever, even to strappado and scarpines, thou art bound to obey thy destiny, and not, after that vain Roman conceit, to choose the manner of thine own death, which is indeed only another sort of self-murder.
Both of the old man's thumbs were now but withered, bumpy, immovable claws, so he needs must use his two palms to raise and then lower his cider-cup, and he did this slowly, painfully, in deference to calcifications in joints sprung on rack and strappado.