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Definition of: strappado
(strə·pā′dō, -pä′dō) noun plural ·does
1. A former punishment in which one was drawn up by a rope attached usually to the wrists, and let fall to the length of the rope; also, the machine used.
2. Erroneously, a beating with a strap. [<Ital. strappata a pulling, orig. fem. pp. of strappare pull]
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