The rack and the thumbscrew
book of ezekial and his submission is torture rack
Yes it disoclates your body. Ewww! You get strectched, but don't worry the rack isn't used anymore!
Either as a direct punishment or as torture to extract information.
Iron Maiden, The rack, The Collar, The pillory
The Iron Maiden, The Rack, Thumb Screws
It was a torture device used to try and extract confessions from suspects.
One of my favorite torture tools is the rack. The rack is where they lay the bad guy on a table and tie ropes to his limbs and slowly pull him/her apart.
Being Drawn and quartered There's also The Rack(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_rack)
It could be referring to either the oven rack, or a special rack made with spears on which to spear the potato for baking.
The rack was last used in Tudor times in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, which ended in 1603. After that period, the use of the rack as a method of torture and execution declined and eventually fell out of use.
Five - It was all over - I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child's play compared to what surely awaited me.