estrapade

Noun

 * 1) The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) 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.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 2) mast or other contraption constructed for such torturous treatment
 * 3) gymnastic exercise, where the athlete hangs from a rope and passes the rest of the body in between both arms