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noun

Bilbo n. (pl. bilboes)

A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.

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 bilboes."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bilbo" Quotes from Famous Books

... with thy preaching? Dost thou want ought here? [Touching his sword-hilt.] I care not for thee or Noll. Would he were here, and a matter of four thousand to back him. [Draws.] Sa! sa! canst fight as well as talk? Wilt take up the bilbo? Come, adopt the weapon of him I have sliced. Come, be nimble, sir, jig. I would fain go visit the ...

— Cromwell • Alfred B. Richards

... along which we had retreated. Near my right was the Middle Franklin turnpike, which goes southward, a mile or two distant from the main road, into which it comes again below Brentwood. It is known locally as the Granny White pike. My headquarters were in rear of Fort Morton, at the dwelling of Mrs. Bilbo, a large house with a pillared portico the full height of the front. We had two rooms in the house for our clerical work, and pitched our tents in the dooryard. A short walk along the ridge led to the Casino, from which was a ...

— Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 • Jacob Dolson Cox