Wire jacket
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A wire jacket is a fictional jacket made of iron wire which was placed around the victim or suspect's body.
The wires were connected to wheels on each side, as to tighten the jacket when needed. If the jacket were to become too tight, it would cut into the victim's flesh. Therefore, this was a torture device.
[edit] References
- The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, Sax Rohmer, Chapter XIV
- Flashman and the Dragon, George MacDonald Fraser, HarperCollins, paperback ed 1999, page 200.