strappado torture

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• Strappado bondage — Outdoor/public strappado using handcuffs and chains. Strappado bondage is a term describing a position and technique used in BDSM play. A person s arms are bound behind their back, then by use of some method of attachment such as a rope or chain… …   Wikipedia

• Strappado — is a form of torture in which a victim is suspended in the air by means of a rope attached to his or her hands which are tied behind their back, in which the arms are most likely dislocated. Weights may be added to the body. Other names for… …   Wikipedia

• Torture — Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person,… …   Wikipedia

• Strappado (disambiguation) — Strappado may refer to:* Strappado, a form of torture involving a victim s arms. * Strappado bondage, a related technique used by practitioners of BDSM …   Wikipedia

• strappado — [strə pā′dō, strəpä′dō] n. pl. strappadoes [It strappata < strappare, to pull < Gmc, as in Ger dial. (Swiss) strapfen, to pull tight (akin to Ger strafen, to punish) < IE * strep < base * (s)ter , stiff > STARE] 1. a former kind of …   English World dictionary

• Strappado — Strap*pa do, v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• torture — torturable, adj. torturedly, adv. torturer, n. torturesome, adj. torturingly, adv. /tawr cheuhr/, n., v., tortured, torturing. n. 1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or… …   Universalium

• strappado — noun Etymology: modification of Italian strappata, literally, sharp pull Date: 1560 a punishment or torture in which the subject is hoisted by rope and allowed to fall its full length; also a machine used to inflict this torture …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• torture — Synonyms and related words: Procrustean bed, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, agonizingness, agony, ail, anguish, atrocious pain, bed of Procrustes, befoul, bewitch, bias, bite, blight, bloody, boot, burn, chafe, claw, clawing, color, condemn,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• strappado — /streuh pay doh, pah /, n., pl. strappadoes. 1. an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk… …   Universalium

• strappado — noun A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victims back …   Wiktionary