bilboes
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The bilboes were iron bars fixed to the deck a little abaft the main-mast.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
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
The bilboes were the first engine of punishment in Boston, and were used until 1639, and perhaps much later.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
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
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.
From Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Howard Pyle
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