[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.
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Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like
manacles on the right hand. --Ecclus. xxi.
19.
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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.
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Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle
him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot.
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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]