strappado

English

Etymology

Italian strappata, from strappare (“to pull”).

Noun

strappado (countable and uncountable, plural strappados or strappadoes)

1. A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.

Translations

form of torture

• Czech: estrapáda
• Finnish: strappado, vipuhirsipuu
• French: estrapade (fr) f
• German: Strappado (de), Pendel (de)
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• Italian: strappata (it) f, tratti di fune
• Portuguese: estrapada f
• Spanish: garrucha (es) f
• Swedish: strappado

Verb

strappado (third-person singular simple present strappados, present participle strappadoing, simple past and past participle strappadoed)

1. (transitive) To torture by means of this device.