bilboes
Meanings
noun
- An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles.
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Etymology
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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