English
estrapade
Estrapade comes from French estrapade ‘strappado, a torture or punishment technique…’, and goes back to Italian strappada.
- Italianc. 1300–presentstrappada
- Frenchc. 1600–presentestrapade‘strappado, a torture or punishment technique where the victim is tied at a pole which is…’
- Englishearliest quotation 1904same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentstrappada
- Frenchc. 1600–presentestrapade‘strappado, a torture or punishment technique where the victim is tied at a pole which is…’
- Englishearliest quotation 1904same form
Earliest quotation: 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo: “He did not want to look at the rigid…”
Every English word from Italian strappada
Today it means
noun The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian strappada / estrapade