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bilboes
/ ˈbɪlbəʊz /
plural noun
- a long iron bar with two sliding shackles, formerly used to confine the ankles of a prisoner
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bilboes1
C16: perhaps changed from Bilbao
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Example Sentences
I've got the bridge right ahead, and the bilboes dead aft: I calls that good steerage, boy.
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Then, if we do not obey their foolish rules, they nab us when we come into port again, and fine us—perhaps put us in the bilboes.
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Whether the Spanish Armada story is true or not, bilboes were certainly much used on board ship.
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The next year another Newe-towne man, being penitent, Henry Bright, was set in the bilboes for “swearynge.”
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He also suffered in the bilboes for cursing, for “prophane saying dam ye come.”
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