Spreadeagle

Spreadeagle

The term spreadeagle (also spread eagle, spread-eagle) can mean:

*Spreadeagle (heraldry), a figure derived from a heraldic depiction of an eagle
* Spreadeagle (position), a human position in which a person is figuratively in the same position as an eagle with its wings spread
* Spread eagle (figure skating)
* Blood eagle or "spread-eagle", an alleged Viking method of execution
* Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
* Spread-eagleism, the 19th century precursor to the term "Jingoism"
* Spread Eagle (Album), a Peter Pan Speedrock album


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