noun. Formerly, a sword or sword-blade, famous for extreme elasticity, made in Bilbao in Spain.

noun. Hence Any sword.

noun. A long bar or bolt of iron having sliding shackles and a lock, formerly used to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, especially on board ship: usually in the plural.

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

noun. 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.

noun. A device for punishment. See bilboes.

noun. A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao and Toledo.

"I don't think "bilbo" knows what a lot of the words he uses mean!"

rapier  sword