estrapade

== English == === Etymology === From French estrapade. === Noun === estrapade (plural estrapades) The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider. A form of torture in which the victim is suspended on a rope that is attached to a pulley, over a fire and repeatedly let down close to the flames and hauled up away from them, in order to prolong the suffering. === Anagrams === asperated, date rapes, paederast, pæderast, separated == French == === Etymology === From Italian strappada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.tʁa.pad/ === Noun === estrapade f (plural estrapades) strappado, a torture or punishment technique where the victim is tied at a pole which is dropped from a considerable height to just above the soil; aboard a vessel, the victim is dipped into the sea mast or other contraption constructed for such torturous treatment gymnastic exercise, where the athlete hangs from a rope and passes the rest of the body in between both arms === Further reading === “estrapade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === dérapâtes