bilboes
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"Good heavens, who wants to lock his ship in these accursed bilboes?" cried the purser.
From Hurricane Island by H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott) Watson
The old-fashioned arrangement of iron bars called the "bilboes" was fastened to the bulkhead at the bow end of the alleyway.
From The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader
John Smith, of Medford, for ſwearing, being penitent, was ſet in bilboes.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
One of the earliest of these degrading engines of confinement for public exposure, to be used in punishment in this country, was the bilboes.
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle
Whether the Spanish Armada story is true or not, bilboes were certainly much used on board ship.
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle
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