iron maiden

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Noun

iron maiden (plural iron maidens)

1. (idiomatic, archaic) A medieval torture device consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which encloses upon and impales the victim inside.

Translations

torture device

Chinese: Mandarin: 鐵處女 (zh), 铁处女 (zh) (tiěchǔnǚ), 鐵娘子 (zh), 铁娘子 (zh) (tiěniángzǐ) Czech: železná panna (cs) f. Finnish: rautaneitsyt (fi) French: vierge de fer (fr) f., dame de fer (fr) f. German: eiserne Jungfrau (de) f.

Greek: σιδηρά παρθένος (el) f. Italian: vergine di ferro (it) f. Japanese: 鉄の処女 (ja) (てつのしょじょ, tetsu-no shojo) Portuguese: dama de ferro (pt) f., donzela de ferro (pt) f., virgem de ferro (pt) f. Russian: железная дева (ru) (želéznaja déva) f. Spanish: doncella de hierro (es) f. Turkish: demir bakire (tr)