strappado
/strә'peidәu/
📖 中文释义
- n. 吊刑, 处以吊刑
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. 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