strappado

Significado (Inglés)

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 victim's back.

Verb

To torture by means of this device.

Conceptos

garrucha

polea

polispasto

Sinónimos

strapado

rack

reverse hanging

Palestinian hanging

Traducciones

estrapade

strappata

Strappado

Flaschenzug

Riemenscheibe

Führungsrad

Seilrolle

Gien

Talje

Kettenzug

Brückenkran

poulie

bigue

Pendel

aufziehen

Etimología (Inglés)

From Italian strappato, from strappare (“to pull”).