Judas cradles

A form of Judas cradle — A purported torture device invented in Spain in the 16th century by the Spanish Inquisition by which the suspended victim’s orifice, usually the anus, was slowly impaled on and stretched by the pyramidal tip of the seat.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Judas cradle
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