bilboes
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Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
I would not be over-severe upon the bilboes in their special use in those early colonial settlements.
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle
It was a rule that none should speak to a man in the bilboes.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
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
They saw two great strong-boxes filled to the brim with iron chains, broken cutlases, rusty bilboes, and rock; a fool's treasure in truth.
From The Pirate Woman by Aylward Edward Dingle
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