bilboes

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Pronunciation

/ˈbɪlbəʊz/

Definition of bilboes

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(plural, plural-only)An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles.

“… me thought I lay Worse then the mutines in the Bilboes, rashly,”
“The bilboes looked like handcuffs that went around the ankles. The prisoner lay flat on his back, in the dirt, his feet suspended in the air by a length of iron bar to which the bilboes were fastened.”

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Unknown. Purported to have been invented in Bilbao, Spain, yet the device's name predates the Spanish Armada that supposedly imported it.

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