strappado en · NOUN
Etymology
From Italian strappato, from strappare (“to pull”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
What, vpon compulsion? No: were I at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, I would not tell you on compulsion.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| strappadoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| strappados | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
de Strappado (form of torture) · fi strappado (form of torture) · es garrucha (form of torture) · pt estrapada (form of torture) · de Pendel (form of torture) · it strappata (form of torture) · fr estrapade (form of torture) · fi vipuhirsipuu (form of torture) · cs estrapáda (form of torture) · sv strappado (form of torture) · it tratti di fune (form of torture)