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Strappado
Pronunciation : Strap*pa"do
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [It. strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G. strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
pl. Strappadoes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Strap*pa"do
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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