strappado
Meaning of strappado
noun
a form of punishment or torture in which the victim was secured to a rope and made to fall from a height almost to the ground before being stopped with an abrupt jerk.
mid 16th century: from French ( e)strapade, from Italian strappata, from strappare ‘to snatch’.
Information about strappado
- It is a name.
- The plural form of strappado is: strappados.
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Hyphenation of strappado
strap-pado
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- strappado is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of strappado
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