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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs;
[syn: handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle]


VERB (1)

1. confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs;
- Example: "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
[syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Manacle \Man"a*cle\ (m[a^]n"[.a]*k'l), n. [OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove, manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica sleeve, manacle, fr. manus. See Manual.] A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster] Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. --Ecclus. xxi. 19. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Manacle \Man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled (m[a^]n"[.a]*k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling.] To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers. [1913 Webster] Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

manacle n 1: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle] v 1: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" [syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff]