put in irons

And but for his illness he would have been put in irons, for he was regarded as a determined prison-breaker, and I know not what else.

“Of course he’d much the best of it to the last,—his character was so good. He had escaped when he was made half wild by me and my murderous intentions; and his punishment was light. I was put in irons, brought to trial again, and sent for life. I didn’t stop for life, dear boy and Pip’s comrade, being here.”

And this is the delight: Both the rebels’ commanding colonels were put in irons; and one—I recall not his name—was captured by two of his own former slaves, who found him hid cowering in a swamp.

A negro-man on board a vessel of my master, while I belonged to her, having been put in irons for some trifling misdemeanor, and kept in that state for some days, being weary of life, took an opportunity of jumping overboard into the sea; however, he was picked up without being drowned.

A day or two elapsed, when they ventured down, and when within hearing were ordered to lay down their arms, which they did, and were put in irons.