bilboes
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I'll give him a passport to Winchester bilboes.
From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous
Here, Nicholls, this man is your prisoner; get the bilboes and clap them on him.
From The Missing Merchantman by William Heysham Overend
In the very oldest court records, which are still preserved, of the settlement of Boston—the Bay colony—appear the frequent sentences of offenders to be placed in the bilboes.
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle
The Royal James hurried down the Chesapeake for a day and a night before Captain Bonnet gave orders to free the young prisoners below in the bilboes.
From The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader
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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