STRAPPADOING

Verb

strappadoing

present participle of strappado

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Source: Wiktionary

STRAPPADO

Strap*pa"do, n.; pl. Strappadoes. Etym: [It. strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G. strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched.]

Definition: A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak.

Strap*pa"do, v. t.

Definition: To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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