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Webster 1913 Edition
Bilbo
Bil′bo
,Noun.
pl.
Bilboes
. 1.
A rapier; a sword; so named from
Bilbao
, in Spain. Shak.
2.
pl.
A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.
Methought I lay
Worse than the mutines in the
Worse than the mutines in the
bilboes
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Bilbo
BIL'BO
,Noun.
A rapier; a sword; so named, it is said, from Bilboa in Spain, where the best are made.
Definition 2024
Bilbo
Bilbo
See also: bilbo
Basque
Proper noun
Bilbo
- Bilbao (major city in the Basque Country of northern Spain)
Declension
"Bilbo"
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bilbo
bilbo
See also: Bilbo
English
Noun
bilbo (plural bilbos or bilboes)
- A device for punishment. See bilboes.
- (historical) A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 14:
- A boy bursts in to the tent, double-edged bilbo in hand.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 14: