tormentum.
windlass; instrument for twisting/winding; engine for hurling stones; missile; rack; any torture device; tension, pressure; torture, torment;
Meaning & usage
an engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile thrown by this, artillery
a (twisted) cord or rope
an instrument of torture
torture, anguish, pain, torment
a clothes press, mangle
gun, cannon
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *torkmentom. Related to torqueō (“twist, bend, wind”).
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