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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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

80 Moby Thesaurus words for "manacle": Oregon boat, anchor, bilbo, bind, bond, bonds, bracelets, bridle, camisole, chain, chains, check, collar, confine, control, cuff, cuffs, curb, deflate, disarm, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, fetters, gag, gyve, gyves, halter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hopple, hopples, inhibit, irons, knock out, lash, leading strings, leash, make fast, moor, muzzle, paralyze, peg down, picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, prostrate, put in irons, reins, restrain, restraint, restraints, rope, secure, shackle, shackles, silence, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, strangle, stranglehold, strap, tether, throttle, tie, tie down, tie up, trammel, trammels, truss up, yoke