Found 2 items, similar to strappadoes.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: strappadoes
strappado
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)]
strappadoes
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strappado
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Strappadoes
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]