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bilboes

US // (ˈbɪlbəʊz) //

比尔博斯,比尔博,双鱼座,双鱼

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : a long iron bar with two sliding shackles, formerly used to confine the ankles of a prisoner

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I've got the bridge right ahead, and the bilboes dead aft: I calls that good steerage, boy.

  • Then, if we do not obey their foolish rules, they nab us when we come into port again, and fine us—perhaps put us in the bilboes.

  • Whether the Spanish Armada story is true or not, bilboes were certainly much used on board ship.

  • The next year another Newe-towne man, being penitent, Henry Bright, was set in the bilboes for “swearynge.”

  • He also suffered in the bilboes for cursing, for “prophane saying dam ye come.”