About The Word Manacle
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Manacle
Manacle Definition And Meaning |
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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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