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strappado n. 吊刑,处以吊刑 吊刑,处以吊刑 strappado n 1: a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope [synonym: {strappado}, {strapado}] 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] Strappado \Strap*pa"do\, v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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