bilboes
Example Sentences
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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
Two weeks later his trial was had, and he was ordered "to be set into the bilboes," and afterwards sent prisoner to England.
From England in America, 1580-1652 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler
One was a man who obstinately refused to go to meeting, and after being warned several times was clapped into the bilboes by the tythingman.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
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
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
