Meaning of MANACLE
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | cuff, cuff, cuffs, handcuff, handcuff, handcuffs, handlock |
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| | See Also: | | bond, fetter, hamper, shackle, shackle, trammel, trammels | |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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