STRAPPADO


Meaning of STRAPPADO in English

n. (pl. -os) hist. a form of torture in which the victim is secured to a rope and made to fall from a height almost to the ground then stopped with a jerk; an application of this; the instrument used.

Etymology: F (e)strapade f. It. strappata f. strappare snatch

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.