What is "brodequin"

Brodekin \Brode"kin\ (br[=o]d"k[i^]n), n. [F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin.] A buskin or half-boot. [Written also brodequin.] [Obs.]

n. (context obsolete English) A buskin or half-boot.

Brodequin was a death metal band from Knoxville, Tennessee. Formed in 1998 by brothers Mike and Jamie Bailey, the band has released three full-length albums to date. After 2005, all updates from the band ceased.

The brodequin was a torture device used during the Middle Ages.

The victim would be placed on a bench in a sitting position, with strong, narrow boards of wood fixed tightly to the inside and outside of either of the victim's legs, bound together tightly with strong rope, causing a sandwich effect on either leg. Wedges of wood were then driven into the gaps with a mallet where the victim's legs laid. This would often cause such impact and trauma that the victim's bones would literally burst, and bone marrow would leak out.

Brodequin may refer to:

• Brodequin (torture), a mediaeval torture device
• Brodequin (band), American death metal group