Definitions for strappado

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strappado strap·pa·do

Spelling: [struh-pey-doh, -pah-]

IPA: /strəˈpeɪ doʊ, -ˈpɑ-/

Strappado is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 361 anagrams from letters in strappado (aadopprst).

Definitions for strappado

noun

1. an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk just before reaching the ground.
2. the instrument used for this purpose.

Origin of strappado

1550-60; alteration of Middle French strapade or its source, Italian strappata a sharp pull or tug, equivalent to strapp- (stem of strappare to snatch (Gothic strappan to stretch) + -ata

Examples for strappado

I did hear that, as this raid of some privates interfered with the Dutch general's diet, one of the offenders got the strappado.

Nay, rather the strappado for me, at any time, than abandonment to foolishness so crass as this would be.

I'd strappado you and then hang you within the next half-hour.

No; were I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion.

After a smart administration of the strappado, he proceeded to examine the contents of his pinafore, which was bundled round him.

If I die, let my boy Robin have the strappado, three hours a day, to be duly paid him during life.