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noun
The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
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noun
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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History
Borrowed from French estrapade.
