noun
- iron shackles or fetters used to restrain prisoners
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- The prisoner was placed in bilbos to prevent escape.
- Historical records show that bilbos were commonly used in colonial jails.
- The museum displayed ancient bilbos used in the old prison.
- Guards secured the captive’s ankles with heavy bilbos.
- The ship’s crew was threatened with bilbos for mutiny.