warm hose
English
Noun
warm hose (uncountable)
- (preceded by definite article) A medieval instrument of torture consisting of an iron frame that encased the leg and was then heated.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221:
- The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.