Gossiping women meet their match in the Scold's Bridle. A bizarre form of punishment reserved exclusively for women was the wearing of the iron scold's bridle. Resembling a muzzle or cage for the ...

One of those instruments was the Scold’s Bridle, which was used from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Scold’s Bridles were fitted iron masks that were strapped onto a person’s head.

Gossiping women meet their match in the Scold's Bridle. A bizarre form of punishment reserved exclusively for women was the wearing of the iron scold's bridle. Resembling a muzzle or cage for the ...

Adaptation of Minette Walters crime novel. A woman is found dead in her bath with her wrists slashed and a medieval scold's bridle around her head. What happened before her death?