Meaning of estrapade | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“Then one day she went riding on her favourite horse, Coco, without a helmet, and Kwango, her prize borzoi, leapt out in front of her, causing Coco to perform⟳ an estrapade which sent Vivienne flying and falling, landing head first on the concrete drive⟳, killing her instantly.”

“He did not want⟳ to look⟳ at the rigid legs, at the feet hanging down nervelessly, with their bare toes some six inches above the floor, to know⟳ that the man had been given the estrapade till he had swooned.”

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