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warm hose en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:preceded by definite article, uncountable) A 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: