thumbscrews (corporal punishment equipment)

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Scope note
Simple vices, sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces, designed as a torture instrument. The victim's thumbs or fingers were placed in the vice and slowly crushed.
thumbscrews
Accepted term: 13-May-2024