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pitchcapping

noun

Etymology

From pitch + capping.

  1. derived from caput
  2. derived from cappa
  3. inherited from *kappā✻ — “covering, hood, mantle”
  4. inherited from cæppe
  5. inherited from cappe
  6. suffixed as capping — “cap + ing”
  7. compounded as pitchcapping — “pitch + capping”

Definitions

  1. A form of torture used against suspected rebels during the period of the Irish Rebellion…

    A form of torture used against suspected rebels during the period of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, in which hot pitch or tar was poured into a conical paper "cap", which was then forced onto the bound suspect's head, allowed to cool, and rapidly removed, taking with it a portion of the skin.

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