a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a persons 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
[ Syn: strappado ]
a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a persons 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
[ Syn: strappado ]