bilboes

Example Sentences

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I'll give him a passport to Winchester bilboes.

From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous

The stocks soon superseded the bilboes and were near neighbors and amusement purveyors to the tavern.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Bill burst out, "I forgot he's in the bilboes, Miss. Now ain't that a dummed shame?"

From Gold Out of Celebes by Dingle, Aylward Edward

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 Earle, Alice Morse

The bilboes is a bar of iron with fetters annexed to it, by which mutinous or disorderly sailors were anciently linked together.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger