| n. | 1. | 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. |
| v. t. | 1. | To punish or torture by the strappado. |
| Noun | 1. | strappado - torture in which a person's hands and tied behind their back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists and that allowed to drop until their fall is checked by the rope |