strappado   (TTS Sound)

The strappado has 1 Senses.

• strapado, strappado
• 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
• 手を人の背中側で縛り、手首に縛ったロープで地面から引き上げ、ロープの動きで手が下がったことが確認されるまで吊り下げておく、拷問の一種