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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.

  • 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.
  • Drawfiling
    The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Drawing
    of Draw
  • Drawhead
    The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.

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