strappado

A noun referring to a historical method of torture where a victim's hands are tied behind their back and they are suspended by a rope attached to their wrists, then dropped with a sudden jerk.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее исторический метод пытки, при котором жертве связывают руки за спиной и подвешивают за запястья на верёвке, а затем резко дёргают вниз.

1. Torture method C2 formal

   A form of punishment or torture where the victim's hands are tied behind their back and they are hoisted into the air by a rope attached to their wrists, then dropped abruptly, causing a painful jerk.

   • The strappado was used during medieval interrogations.
   • Historical accounts describe the strappado as a brutal device.
   • The prisoner was subjected to the strappado to extract a confession.

   🇷🇺Метод пытки

• strappados plural form
• strappados' possessive plural form
• strappado's possessive singular form