leg-iron

Example Sentences

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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

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)

The French marine still use a kind of leg-iron of the bilbo type.

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

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

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