Word Meanings - STRAPPADO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Drawfiling
  The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
• Drawshave
  See Drawing knife.
• Practicer
  One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts.
• Dislocation
  The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
• Drawgear
  A harness for draught horses.
• Drawspring
  The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
• Lettered
  of Letter
• Oftenness
  Frequency.
• Practician
  One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything by practice; a practitioner.
• Drawing
  of Draw
• Drawgloves
  An old game, played by holding up the fingers.
• Formerly
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• Lettering
  of Letter
• Oftensith
  Frequently; often.
• Practick
  Practice.
• Consisted
  of Consist

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