rack

framework for holding objects

rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

the destruction or collapse of something

• “wrack and ruin”

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

a support for displaying various articles

• “the newspapers were arranged on a rack”

a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

go at a rack

• “the horses single-footed”

stretch to the limits

• “rack one”

put on a rack and pinion

• “rack a camera”

obtain by coercion or intimidation

• “They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss”
• “They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him”

run before a gale

fly in high wind

draw off from the lees

• “rack wine”

torment emotionally or mentally

work on a rack

• “rack leather”

seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

torture on the rack