put in irons
Example Sentences
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We were not put in irons, but were used with as much kindness as we could expect.
From Scientific American • Aug. 11, 2011
They assented, and he ordered Henry Leroy to be put in irons.
From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous
I asked if I was to be put in irons?
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
The nobles enjoy exemption and the privilege, that they cannot be taken and put in irons for anything which they do.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
He was promptly put in irons, and the handcuffing of Peterson and Shamhaven followed.
From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward
