| 单词 | scotch boot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch boot Scotch boot n. now historical an instrument of torture formerly used in Scotland, consisting of a tight-fitting iron case in which a person's leg is enclosed, iron wedges being then driven between the case and the leg; = boot n.3 3; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > boot boota1522 boot1580 Scotch boot1604 oiled boota1640 bootikin1727 scarpine1855 1604 J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) iii. i. sig. E2v Your Empericks could neuer do the like cure vpon the gowt the racke did in England: or your Scotch boote. 1694 J. Collier Misc. iv. 29 They..immediately..got a sort of Scotch Boot to bend their Hams in. 1738 Mod. Christian 28 Her Feet are condemned to the Scotch Boot, and her Body to the Torment of the Press. 1820 W. Scott Tales of my Landlord III. xiii. 157 An iron case, called the Scotch boot, used in these tyrannical days to torture accused persons. 1906 W. Love Parkersburg Platform 95 Publicity is the thumbscrew and the Scotch boot and the contracting walls that advance slowly, but surely. 1996 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 7 Scotch boots were not for walking but for the opposite. They were made for laming. < as lemmas |
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