bilboes

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles. plural,plural-only
    — … me thought I lay Worse then the mutines in the Bilboes, rashly,

词源

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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