scavenger's daughter
noun
an instrument of torture that doubled over and squeezed the body so strongly and violently that blood was brought forth from the ears and nose: invented in 16th-century England.
Origin of scavenger's daughter
1555–65;
scavenger, alteration of the name of its inventor, Leonard
Skevington, Lieutenant of the Tower of London under Henry VIII
Words nearby scavenger's daughter
scavenge pump,
scavenge stroke,
scavenger,
scavenger beetle,
scavenger hunt,
scavenger's daughter,
scd,
sce,
sceat,
scedosporium apiospermum,
scelp