warm hose

noun

A medieval instrument of torture consisting of an iron frame that encased the leg and was then heated.

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nounwarm hose (uncountable)
  1. uncountablepreceded by definite articleA medieval instrument of torture consisting of an iron frame that encased the leg and was then heated.

    The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221
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