Add to Chrome

strappado

Strappado is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter O for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.
Words by number of letters: