Kittee (Noun)
Meaning
A form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The captives were subjected to kittee, a brutal form of torture that left them crippled and in agony.
- After being taken prisoner, the soldier was forced to endure the excruciating pain of kittee.
- The Native American tribe used kittee as a means of extracting information from enemy soldiers.
- The victim's screams echoed through the forest as the kittee boards were tightened around his chest.
- The prisoner ultimately succumbed to the unbearable pain of the kittee and divulged the requested information.