(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

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rappage

n. (Founding) The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rapparee

n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [ Written also raparee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Strappado

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 ]

Strappado

v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrappage

n. 1. The act of wrapping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which wraps; envelope; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

がらっぱち

[garappachi] (n, adj-na) (col) rudeness; rude person

グラッパ

[gurappa] (n) grappa (ita

フラッパー

[furappa-] (n) flapper

ヤラッパ

[yarappa] (n) jalap (species of Mexican climbing plant, Ipomoea purga) (spa

ラッパー

[rappa-] (n) (1) wrapper; (2) rapper

ラッパ吹き;らっぱ吹き;喇叭吹き

[ラッパふき(ラッパ吹き);らっぱふき(らっぱ吹き;喇叭吹き), rappa fuki ( rappa fuki ); rappafuki ( rappa fuki ; rappa fuki )] (n) (1) (See 喇叭手) bugler; trumpeter; (2) blowing one's own horn

原っぱ

[はらっぱ, harappa] (n) open field; empty lot; plain; (P)

消灯ラッパ

[しょうとうラッパ, shoutou rappa] (n) (See 喇叭) lights-out trumpet or bugle call; taps; last post

吊るし責め;吊し責め

[つるしぜめ, tsurushizeme] (n) strappado

喇叭

[らっぱ, rappa] (n) (uk) trumpet; horn; bugle

喇叭飲み;らっぱ飲み;ラッパ飲み

[らっぱのみ(喇叭飲み;らっぱ飲み);ラッパのみ(ラッパ飲み), rappanomi ( rappa nomi ; rappa nomi ); rappa nomi ( rappa nomi )] (n, vs) drinking straight from a bottle

喇叭手

[らっぱしゅ, rappashu] (n) trumpeter; bugler