Thesaurus: manacle

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1. n. A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
2. v. t. 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.
3. n. shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
4. v. confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
5. 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. 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.
6. A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in theplural.Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles onthe right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19.
7. v:43/n:57 v. confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs