📚 noun • entry_id 46849
strappado
Meanings (ES + gloss)
garrucha
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.
What, vpon compulsion? No: were I at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, I would not tell you on compulsion.
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