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gaid?a1500
A bar of metal; esp. the iron bar which formerly crossed the condemned cell in a Scottish prison, upon which ran the iron ring which fastened the…
rackc1503
An iron bar or grid to which a prisoner may be secured. Also figurative. Obsolete.