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Manacle

Manacle Meaning & Definition
Manacle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Manacle?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Manacle: cuff | cuff | cuffs | handcuff | handcuff | handcuffs | handlock

Related Terms | Find terms related to Manacle: 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 | Oregon boat | paralyze | peg down | picket | pillory | pin down | pinion | prostrate | put in irons | reins | restrain | restraint | restraints | rope | secure | shackle | shackles | silence | stocks | straightjacket | straitjacket | strait-waistcoat | strangle | stranglehold | strap | tether | throttle | tie | tie down | tie up | trammel | trammels | truss up | yoke

See Also | bond | fetter | hamper | shackle | shackle | trammel | trammels

Manacle In Webster's Dictionary

\Man"a*cle\, 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. Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. --Ecclus. xxi. 19.
\Man"a*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manacled}; 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. Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot.

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