Found 3 items, similar to manacle.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: manacle
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: manacle
manacle
n : shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn:
handcuffs,
handcuff,
cuffs,
cuff,
handlock]
v : confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or
handcuffs;
“The police handcuffed the suspect at the
scene of the crime” [syn:
cuff,
handcuff]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Manacle
Manacle
\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.
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Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like
manacles on the right hand. --Ecclus. xxi.
19.
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Manacle
\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.
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Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle
him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot.
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