bilboes

== English == === Etymology === Unknown. Purported to have been invented in Bilbao, Spain, yet the device's name predates the Spanish Armada that supposedly imported it. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪlbəʊz/ === Noun === bilboes pl (plural only) An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles. c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, line 2505 (Folio 1, 1623): [...] me thought I layWorse then the mutines in the Bilboes, rashly, === Anagrams === bilobes, lobbies