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Bilboes

//ˈbɪlbəʊz// noun

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Noun
  1. 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,"

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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