leg-iron

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And on the ground beside her, when Joe picked her up, was a convict’s leg-iron which had been filed asunder.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

And on the ground beside her, when Joe picked her up, was a convict's leg-iron which had been filed asunder.

From Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles

This form of leg-iron was adopted in England, and was much employed in the services during the 17th and 18th centuries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

Leastways, with Bobby there was his forty-five different stories to account for the leg-iron scars on his ankles, but with Old Dibs you hadn't even that to chew on.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd

Of course you can buy it back, Bob, but the attorney-general will have a leg-iron on you before the ink is dry on your check.

From The Long Chance by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)