Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BIL'BOES
BIL'BOES, n. [plur.]
On board of ships, long bars or bolts of iron with shackles sliding on them, and a lock at the end, used to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders. Hence the punishment of offenders in this manner is called by the same name. – Mar. Dict. Encyc.
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