manacle

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  1. noun A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of a set of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by a metal chain.
  2. noun Something that confines or restrains.
  3. transitive verb To confine or restrain with or as if with manacles; fetter. See Synonyms at hamper1.

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  • Hard fingers closing manacle-like about her elbow, he swung her around and marched her down the lawn, away from the carriageway. —  A Gentleman's Honor
  • Nat Piper's men would probably have the alarms shut off Doc went back and picked the leg-manacle locks of his men This aroused the other prisoners. —  057 - The Sea Angel
  • Where the chain met the manacle, she found the lock and its four-inch-thick, foot-long, grooved bolt that locked the manacle closed. —  Aeon Five
  • Newsnight last night, which also suggests that a third of all British adults 'try to ignore cancer' or 'hardly ever think about it', and that 60 per cent of us think the government has provided quite enough advice about the alleged link between lifestyle and cancer yet still we refuse to change our diets or manacle ourselves to exercise bikes at the local gym (1).
  • Mr Carlsen was dragged along the floor towards O'Dowd's bed and a manacle was put on his right hand and attached to a hook drilled in the wall. —  Home | Mail Online
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

shackle ·  handcuff ·  cuff ·  coffle ·  padlock ·  anklet ·  leash ·  bracelet ·  tether ·  fastening ·  gag ·  blindfold

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manacle:   manacles
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French manicle, from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English manicle (the orig. correct form), from Middle English manakyll, manacle, manakelle, manycle, from Old French manicle, French manicle (= Spanish manija), from Middle Latin manicula, a handcuff (cf. Latin manicula, the handle of a plow), diminutive of Latin manicæ, plural, a handcuff, also the long sleeve of a tunic (later F. manique, hand-leather): see manch.
  2. from Middle English manaclen, mankle; from manacle, n.
 

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