strappado
strappado noun: a form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.
Noun
strappado (countable and uncountable, plural strappados or strappadoes)
- A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.
- What, vpon compulsion? No: were I at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, I would not tell you on compulsion.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
Verb
strappado (third-person singular simple present strappados, present participle strappadoing, simple past and past participle strappadoed)
- To torture by means of this device.
strappado meaning in Tamil
strappado in Tamil
- முற்கால வார்த்தொங்கீட்டுத் தண்டனை
Forms of strappado
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | strappados |
| plural | strappadoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | strappados |
| present participle | strappadoing |
| past participle | strappadoed |
| past | strappadoed |
Origin of strappado
From Italian strappato, from strappare (“to pull”).
Questions about strappado
- What does strappado mean?
- Strappado means a form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.
- What is strappado in Tamil?
- Strappado in Tamil is முற்கால வார்த்தொங்கீட்டுத் தண்டனை. See Strappado meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is strappado?
- Strappado can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of strappado?
- The plural of strappado is strappados.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strappado (page history and authors); strappado (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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