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estrapade|ɛstrəˈpeɪd|
[a. Fr. estrapade (cf. Sp. estrapada), ad. It. strappata, f. strappare to pull tight; app. of Teut. origin; cf. Ger. (Swiss) strapfen to draw, Ger. straff drawn tight.]
1. The attempt of a horse to get rid of his rider by rearing and kicking.
1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1828in Webster. In mod. Dicts.
2. Hist. A torture consisting in attaching a person's hands and feet to a rope, drawing him up by them to a great height, and then letting him fall suddenly; = strappado.
1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 404 He [Francis] could ill afford to forsake a religion which allowed him so pleasantly to compound for his amatory indulgences by the estrapade. Ibid. (1858) I. v. 423 The estrapade was an infernal machine introduced by Francis into Paris for the better correction of heresy. |