Spanish padlock:

Obsolete. Defined by Captain Francis Grose in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) as: ' A kind of girdle contrived by jealous husbands of that nation, to secure the chastity of their wives .'
See Also: alcahuete, casa, chichitas, chochito, chocho gordo, conchita, Creole, cuffs, mariposa, pato, pechitos, pichita de oro, prostituta, putana, Spanish gout, Spanish needle, Spanish pip, Spanish pox, tetinas, tetitas, torquemadian

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