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Word: Strappado
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from French (e)strapade, from Italian strappata, from strappare ‘to snatch’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
strəˈpɑːdəʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
strəˈpeɪdəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a form of punishment or torture in which the victim was secured to a rope and made to fall from a height almost to the ground before being stopped with an abrupt jerk.
Short Definition:form of punishment or torture in which victim was secured to rope
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