An instrument of torture, supposedly used during the Middle Ages, consisting of an upright box lined with iron spikes, into which the victim is shut.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > iron maiden (3) iron maiden1757 An instrument of torture, supposedly used during the Middle Ages, consisting of an upright box lined with iron spikes, into which the victim is shut. iron virgin1837 = iron maiden, n. iron maid1859 = iron maiden, n. |
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