(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
(adj) muscular and heavily built, Syn.husky, burly, buirdly, strapping, Example: a beefy wrestler; had a tall burly frame; clothing sizes for husky boys; a strapping boy of eighteen; `buirdly' is a Scottish term
(n) a large and strong and heavyset man, Syn.strapper, Samson, bruiser, Example: he was a bull of a man; a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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 ]
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