Word
Strappado
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
strap-pa-do
Definition
- n. - 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.
- v. t. - To punish or torture by the strappado.
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