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 strap·pa·do /stræˈpe(ˌ)do, ˈpɑ-/
 吊刑,處以吊刑

 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.

 Strap·pa·do, v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado.
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 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)]