| 单词 | witch's bridle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch's bridle witch's bridle n. (also witches' bridle) historical an instrument of punishment or torture consisting of an iron framework for the head and a sharp metal gag for restraining the tongue; cf. scold's bridle n., branks n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > bit barnacle1568 witch's bridle1817 gadge1846 1817 D. Webster Topogr. Dict. Scotl. 267/2 An engine of torture called ‘A witch's bridle,’ which is an iron hoop going round the head, and fixed behind with a forelock. 2018 R. Traister Good & Mad ii. i. 51 The brank—also known as a scold's bridle, or a witch's bridle—was a sixteenth-century torture device used to muzzle a defiant or cranky woman, her head and jaw clamped into a metal cage. < as lemmas |
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