strappado
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English
Etymology
From Italian strappato, from strappare (“to pull”).
Noun
strappado (countable and uncountable, plural strappados or strappadoes)
- 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.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- What, vpon compulsion? No: were I at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, I would not tell you on compulsion.
Translations
form of torture
Verb
strappado (third-person singular simple present strappados, present participle strappadoing, simple past and past participle strappadoed)
- (transitive) To torture by means of this device.