Thumbscrew in spanish
Tornillo de mariposa
pronunciation: toʊɹ̩nijoʊdemɑɹ̩ipoʊsɑ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: toʊɹ̩nijoʊdemɑɹ̩ipoʊsɑ part of speech: noun
In gestures
thumb-screw = palomilla, tuerca de mariposa.
Example: Chases with thumb-screws in two of the sides for locking up the forme without the use of quoins were used in France and Germany until the seventeenth century.