noun
The admitting of his guilt is an admission into the little-ease. The little-easewas a unique torture device that was devised in the Middle Ages. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. AASIS Home EASE Help System Requirements EASE Notifications.
- 1historical A place or bodily position that is very uncomfortable to be held in; a narrow place of confinement; a prison cell too small for the occupant to assume a comfortable position; specifically the name of a dungeon in the Tower of London, and of an ancient place of punishment for unruly apprentices at the Guildhall, London. Also: a device for holding a prisoner in a very uncomfortable position.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in John Skelton (c1460–1529), poet. From little + ease.
Little Ease Elizabeth Streb
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