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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -strappado-, *strappado*
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WordNet (3.0)
strappado(n) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope, Syn. strapado

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Strappado

n.; pl. Strappadoes [ It. strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G. strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strappado

v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
吊るし責め;吊し責め[つるしぜめ, tsurushizeme] (n) strappado [Add to Longdo]

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