Bilbo

n.; pl. Bĭl'BŌES. A rapier; a sword; so named, it is said, from Bilboa, in Spain, where the best are made. Shak.

n.: pl. BIL’BŌES. [From Bilboa, in Spain, where they were fabricated; great quantities of them were found on board of the Spanish Armada.] A long bar or bolt of iron with a shackle sliding on it, and a lock at the end; used to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders on board of ships. Scott.

*Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes. Shak.*