iron maidens
Medieval torture cabinets
Iron maidens are medieval torture devices—hinged metal cabinets shaped like human figures, lined with interior spikes that would pierce a person locked inside.
Despite their grim reputation, historians debate whether they were actually used in the Middle Ages or were later fabrications assembled from unrelated artifacts.
The term applies figuratively to any cruelly confining situation.
Iron Maiden is also the British heavy metal band.
- coffinBurial container for remains
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- torture deviceObject causing deliberate pain
- fearEmotional response to threat
- painBodily or emotional distress
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iron maidensfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberation · release · sanctuary · comfort · mercy
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Body-stretching torture apparatus
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iron maidenseasy listening
Undemanding melodic audio
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