HOOKSWINGING


Meaning of HOOKSWINGING in English

/hook"swing'ing/ , n.

a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.

[ 1890-95; HOOK 1 + SWING 1 + -ING 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .