#bilboes

[frogmaster]

Whenever I think back to The Hobbit as my comfort films the phrase always comes to mind Is

"Maybe because i'm scared, and he give me courage"

One of the most underrated phrase of lotr universe for me

[ltwilliammowett]

Bilboes

No these are not a Hobbit, here we have a long iron bar with U-shaped shackles. The bar usually has a large knob at one end and a slot at the other end into which a wedge or padlock is driven to secure the unit. They came in three different sizes, for men, women and children, and were mostly used on the ankles, but the small ones could also used to restrain the wrists.

The movable counterpart was the shackles, which had an iron chain instead of a fixed iron bar.

Bilboes abord HMS Victory, by Le Monde1

The Spanish Armada brought this type of shackling with them during the attack on England in 1588 in order to securely bring their hoped-for English prisoners back to Spain to be ransomed as hostages or sold as slaves.

This type of shackling was not only used on board a ship to tie up and punish a sailor who did not comply with the rules. It was also used to tie up people on land and put them on public display and humiliation on a shame pole. This type of restraint was also very popular on slave ships.

[frogmaster]

A stranger just complimented me on the way I was dressed.

Cute 🥺 It never happened to me

If she knew that "style" is a cross between a Hobbit and a gay werewolf wizard from the 70s

[quillifluous]

bilboes

an iron bar with sliding shackles, used to fasten prisoners’ ankles

Skyra heard the painful clanking of the bilboes before she saw the squabble of dishevelled urchins appear in the distance.