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 Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
He told Kim the story of the elephant with the leg-iron, as he had told it so often to the Jain priests.
From Kim by Rudyard Kipling
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
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
