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Wooden horse (device)

A wooden horse (or Spanish donkey) is a torture device for women, of which there exist two variations; both inflict pain by using the subject's own weight to apply pressure to her genitals. The French called this instrument the Chevalet, from the French diminutive of cheval, horse.

Wooden horse

Wooden horse can refer to:

  • The Wooden Horse, a 1950 POW escape film
  • Wooden horse (device), torture device
  • Trojan horse, wooden horse of Troy
  • The Wooden Horse, a novel by Hugh Walpole

Usage examples of "wooden horse".

The boat had a dozen oarlocks and a pair of great carved wooden horse heads mounted fore and aft.

He was sitting peaceably enough in the corner, though, gnawing intently at the wooden horse Jamie had carved for him as a Christmas present.

Edging forward he passed through the wall to find himself inside a beautifully furnished room, hung with silks, the walls painted with delicate scenes from Homer, the wooden horse at the gates of Troy, the ship of Odysseus by the island of Sirens, the seeress Circe turning men into swine.

The wooden horse carving he wore stuck against his sweaty brown chest as he heaved his bucket up onto the edge of the steaming wash cauldron.

Irritably he scrabbled through old trophies from singing contests, the clumsy first piece of embroidery his daughter had ever done, two mismatched silver buckles, a bottle of Bardek scent, and a wooden horse given to him by a lover whose name he'd forgotten.