(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, Syn.strapado
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [ Written also raparee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Strappadoes [ It. strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G. strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched. ] 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. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
[らっぱのみ(喇叭飲み;らっぱ飲み);ラッパのみ(ラッパ飲み), rappanomi ( rappa nomi ; rappa nomi ); rappa nomi ( rappa nomi )] (n, vs) drinking straight from a bottle [Add to Longdo]
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