n. 吊刑, 处以吊刑

[ noun ]
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
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Strappado \Strap*pa"do\, v. t.
To punish or torture by the strappado. --Milton.


Strappado \Strap*pa"do\, 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.