Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bilboes

/ˈbɪlbəʊz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bil-boes
IPA: /ˈbɪlbəʊz/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles.

Example Sentences

"… me thought I lay Worse then the mutines in the Bilboes, rashly,"
"The bilboes looked like handcuffs that went around the ankles. The prisoner lay flat on his back, in the dirt, his feet suspended in the air by a length of iron bar to which the bilboes were fastened."

Etymology

Unknown. Purported to have been invented in Bilbao, Spain, yet the device's name predates the Spanish Armada that supposedly imported it.

Questions

How do you pronounce bilboes?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪlbəʊz/.
What does bilboes mean?: An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles.
Where does bilboes come from?: Unknown. Purported to have been invented in Bilbao, Spain, yet the device's name predates the Spanish Armada that supposedly imported it.

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