English Explanatory Dictionary

bamboo torture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An apocryphal Asian form of torture where a bamboo shoot is allowed to grow through a restrained victim's body, piercing it and eventually emerging on the other side.

Word forms

bamboo torture
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