thumbscrews (corporal punishment equipment)
Identification code: 300391002
Español: thumbscrews (traducció pendent) (corporal punishment equipment (traducció pendent)) | Català: thumbscrew (corporal punishment equipment (traducció pendent))
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Alternative term/s
- pilliwincks
- pilliwinks
- thumbikins
- thumbscrew
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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.
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