Definition of Strappado. Meaning of Strappado. Synonyms of Strappado

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Definition of Strappado

Strappado
Strappado Strap*pa"do, v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado. --Milton.
Strappado
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.

Meaning of Strappado from wikipedia

- The strappado, also known as corda, is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind their back and the victim is suspended by a rope...
- strenuous alternative is the elbows together tie, which can lead to a strappado, or the reverse-prayer ties The over-arm (Hasenohren) or bunny ears ties...
- Strappado is a form of torture. Strappado may also refer to: Strappado bondage, a related technique in BDSM play Strappado, a 1986 album by Slaughter (Canadian...
- torture was initiated. The most common instrument of torture was the strappado, which was a simple rope and pulley system. With the pulley attached to...
- victims (strappado). The suspended victims were whipped with a knout and sometimes burned with torches. Duke of Exeter's daughter Procrustes Strappado Breaking...
- tribute album called In Memory of Celtic Frost. In 2001, they re-released "Strappado" under the Nuclear Blast label. Slaughter also released a compilation...
- the allowable methods; common methods in Europe included the rack and strappado. In most societies, citizens could be judicially tortured only under exceptional...
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- vase, for example, from the same era that is either a representation of strappado — that is, hanging the victim over the water - or of a keelhauling proper...
- Strappado with rope and a spreader bar. This practice has a distinct effect of immobilization and pain....