English
Noun
iron maiden (plural iron maidens)
- (historical) A falsely or neo-medieval torture device invented in the 18th century consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which closes upon and impales the victim inside.
Translations
torture device
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鐵處女 / 铁处女 (tiěchǔnǚ), 鐵娘子 / 铁娘子 (tiěniángzǐ)
- Czech: železná panna (cs) f
- Finnish: rautaneitsyt
- French: vierge de fer (fr) f, vierge de Nuremberg (fr) f
- German: eiserne Jungfrau (de) f
- Greek: σιδηρά παρθένος f (sidirá parthénos)
- Hungarian: vasszűz (hu)
- Italian: vergine di ferro f, vergine di Norimberga
- Japanese: 鉄の処女 (てつのしょじょ, tetsu-no shojo)
- Portuguese: dama de ferro f, donzela de ferro f, virgem de ferro f
- Romanian: fecioară de fier f
- Russian: желе́зная де́ва f (želéznaja déva)
- Spanish: doncella de hierro f
- Turkish: demir bakire
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