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
Her captain ordered Manuel to be put in irons, and directed that Elizabeth and I should have accommodations in his own vessel.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
As a result, the sailor was put in irons.
From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Stratemeyer, Edward
The escaped prisoners were in a day or two brought back and put in irons.
From Ball's Bluff An Episode and its Consequences to some of us by Peirson, Charles Lawrence
Q. When you were taken on board the Perry were you put in irons?
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.
