strappado
9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr
noun
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
Strappado in a sentence
What, vpon compulsion? No: were I at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, I would not tell you on compulsion.
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