BILBOES

Meaning of BILBOES in English

■ plural noun an iron bar with sliding shackles, formerly used for confining a prisoner's ankles.

Origin

C16: of unknown origin.

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BILBOES — (pl. ) of Bilbo
Английский словарь Webster
BILBOES — ( pl. ) of Bilbo
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BILBOES — n. fetters, long iron bar with sliding handcuffs used to confine persons on ship
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BILBOES — pl of bilbo.
Webster English vocab
BILBOES — n.pl. hist. an iron bar with sliding shackles for a prisoner's ankles. [16th c.: orig. unkn.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BILBOES — n.pl. hist. an iron bar with sliding shackles for a prisoner's ankles. [ 16th c.: orig. unkn. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BILBOES — n.pl. hist. an iron bar with sliding shackles for a prisoner's ankles. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.
Oxford English vocab
BILBOES — n. pl. Shackles, fetters, gyves, chains, stocks.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
BILBO — I. ˈbil(ˌ)bō noun or bil·boa -(ˌ)bō(ə) ( plural bilboes or bilbos or bilboas ) Etymology: from Bilboa, earlier form of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EQUIPMENT — ə̇ˈkwipmənt, ēˈ- noun ( -s ) 1. a. : the equipping of a person or thing the development and equipment …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHACKLE — — shackler , n. /shak"euhl/ , n. , v. , shackled, shackling . n. 1. a ring or other fastening, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILBO — bilbo 1 /bil"boh/ , n. , pl. bilboes . Usually, bilboes . a long iron bar or bolt with sliding …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILBO — I. ˈbil-(ˌ)bō noun ( plural bilboes ) Etymology: perhaps from Bilboa, Spain Date: 1557 : a long bar of iron …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BILBO — [bil.bo] n, pl bilboes [perh. fr. Bilboa, Spain] (1557): a long bar of iron with sliding shackles used to confine …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TROTTERS — Feet. To shake one's trotters at Bilby's ball, where the sheriff pays the fiddlers; perhaps the Bilboes ball, i.e. the …
Slang English vocab
BILBOA — A sword. Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well-tempered blades: these are quoted by Falstaff, where he describes the …
Slang English vocab
FETTERS — n. 25B6; plural noun SHACKLES, manacles, handcuffs, irons, leg-irons, chains, restraints; informal cuffs, bracelets; historical bilboes.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHAIN — n. 25B6; noun he was held in chains : FETTERS, shackles, irons, leg-irons, manacles, handcuffs; informal cuffs, bracelets; Brit. archaic, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHACKLE — n. 1 Often, shackles. fetter(s), leg-iron(s), chains, iron(s), bilboes, gyve(s), ball and chain, manacle(s), handcuff(s), restraint(s), bond(s), trammel(s), Colloq cuff(s), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RESTRAINT — n. 1 control, check, curb, rein, bridle, restriction, constraint, limit, limitation, curtailment, taboo, ban, interdict or interdiction, proscription, delimitation, bound(s), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BILBO — обыкн. pl ножные кандалы (устаревшее) испанский клинок bilbo (pl os) ист. испанский клинок ~ (bilboes) pl ножные кандалы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BILBO — _n. 1> (bilboes) _pl. ножные кандалы 2> _pl. -os _ист. испанский клинок
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BILBO — n. 1. (bilboes) pl. ножные кандалы 2. pl. -os ист. испанский клинок
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BILBO — (bilboes) (pl.) ножные кандалы (pl. -os) hist. испанский клинок
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BILBO — _n. 1> (bilboes) _pl. ножные кандалы 2> (_pl. os ouz ) _ист. испанский клинок
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BILBO — обыкн. pl ножные кандалы (устаревшее) испанский клинок bilbo (pl os) ист. испанский клинок ~ (bilboes) pl ножные кандалы
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