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strap·pa·do
/stræˈpe(ˌ)do, ˈpɑ-/
吊刑,處以吊刑
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Strap·pa·do
n.
;
pl
.
Strappadoes
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
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Strap·pa·do
,
v. t.
To
punish
or
torture
by
the
strappado
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
)]
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