| 单词 | duke of exeter's daughter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDuke of Exeter's daughter Duke of Exeter's daughter n. (also Exeter's daughter) historical the name of a rack used in the Tower of London as an instrument of torture; a similar rack used elsewhere. [The Duke of Exeter's daughter was so called because it was supposedly introduced by John Holland, first Duke of Exeter (1395–1447), who held the office of Constable of the Tower in 1447. With the second element, compare earlier Scavenger's daughter n., and also earlier maiden n. 6.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > rack ginc1225 enginea1450 framec1480 rack1481 brake1530 pine banka1535 pine bauk1542 Duke of Exeter's daughter1618 1618 A. Munday Stow's Suruay of London (new ed.) 112 The Brake or Racke, commonly called, the Duke of Excesters daughter, because he was the deuiser of that torture. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Duke of Exeter's Daughter, a Rack in the Tower of London, to torture and force Confession; supposed to be introduced by him. 1766 Monthly Rev. May 394 A rack, was formerly brought into the Tower, and is known by the name of the Duke of Exeter's Daughter. 1811 S. Heywood Vindic. Mr. Fox's Hist. vi. 398 In the reign of Henry the Sixth the rack or brake had been placed by the Earl of Exeter in the tower...It was called Exeter's daughter. 1838 Archaeologia 27 xv. 233 I have somewhere read of Guy Fawkes having been threatened with being made to kiss the Duke of Exeter's daughter. 1878 J. Gairdner Hist. Life Richard III iv. 125 Being..a prisoner in the Tower, in the severe embrace of ‘the Duke of Exeter's daughter’. 1957 J. Lane Conies in Hay i. i. 21 I tried the Duke of Exeter's Daughter, I tried the Scavenger's Daughter..; and all we got out of him was an admission of his priesthood. 2006 G. Abbott Execution 219 He brought one on to the inventory, local wits immediately christening the machine ‘the Duke of Exeter's daughter’, a lady whose embrace was definitely not sought after! < as lemmas |
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