英语词汇“skevington's gyves”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

An instrument of torture (invented in the reign of Henry VIII by Leonard Skevington or Skeffington, Lieutenant of the Tower), which (bringing the head to the knees) so compressed the body as to force the blood from the nose and ears. Also †Skevington's gyves, Skevington's irons.

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1564 M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs 686 (margin) Thys Engine is called Skeuyngtons Giues, wherein the body standeth double, the head being drawen towardes the feete.

1580 Rishton Diarium in Sanders De Schism. Angl. (1586) I i 5 10 [Dec.] Thomas Cotamus & Lucas Kirbeus presbyteri, Scauingeri filiam ad vnam horam & amplius passi, ex quo prior copiosum sanguinem e naribus emisit.

1580–1 in D. Jardine Use Torture Eng. (1837) 84 We have made triall of hym by the torture of Skevington's Yrons.

1604 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 14 May 3 f. 230 An Engyne devysed by Mr Skavington, sometyme Lieutenant of the Tower, called Skavingtons daughters, or Little Ease.

1826 W. E. Andrews Crit. & Hist. Rev. Fox's Bk. Martyrs II. 369 One of the instruments of torture, called the Scavenger's daughter, employed in the Tower on Catholics.

1897 Dict. National Biogr. LII. 325/1 Leonard [Skeffington]..the inventor of an instrument of torture, known as ‘Skevington's irons’ or ‘Skevington's daughter’.

单词	skevington's gyves
释义	> as lemmas Skevington's gyves An instrument of torture (invented in the reign of Henry VIII by Leonard Skevington or Skeffington, Lieutenant of the Tower), which (bringing the head to the knees) so compressed the body as to force the blood from the nose and ears. Also †Skevington's gyves, Skevington's irons. ΘΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > instruments of crushing or compression Scavenger's daughter1564 press1742 1564 M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs 686 (margin) Thys Engine is called Skeuyngtons Giues, wherein the body standeth double, the head being drawen towardes the feete. 1580 Rishton Diarium in Sanders De Schism. Angl. (1586) I i 5 10 [Dec.] Thomas Cotamus & Lucas Kirbeus presbyteri, Scauingeri filiam ad vnam horam & amplius passi, ex quo prior copiosum sanguinem e naribus emisit. 1580–1 in D. Jardine Use Torture Eng. (1837) 84 We have made triall of hym by the torture of Skevington's Yrons. 1604 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 14 May 3 f. 230 An Engyne devysed by Mr Skavington, sometyme Lieutenant of the Tower, called Skavingtons daughters, or Little Ease. 1826 W. E. Andrews Crit. & Hist. Rev. Fox's Bk. Martyrs II. 369 One of the instruments of torture, called the Scavenger's daughter, employed in the Tower on Catholics. 1897 Dict. National Biogr. LII. 325/1 Leonard [Skeffington]..the inventor of an instrument of torture, known as ‘Skevington's irons’ or ‘Skevington's daughter’. extracted from Scavenger's daughtern. < as lemmas
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