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Strappado
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.
(2):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Strappado'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/strappado.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Strappado'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/strappado.html. 1828.
