“ An instrument of torture consisting of a frame with rollers to which a person’s wrists and ankles were tied so that his joints were stretched when the rollers were turned. ” — Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
” Spīdzināšanas rīks, kurā ietilpst rāmis ar veltņiem; pie šī rīka cilvēku piesēja aiz plaukstas locītavām un potītēm tā, lai, griežot veltņus, viņa locekļi tiktu stiepti. ”