Handcuff : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Handcuff	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Handcuff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
handcuff n shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs Synonym(s): handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle v confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" Synonym(s): manacle, cuff, handcuff
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Handcuff \Hand"cuff`\, n. [AS. handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter. The second part was confused with E. cuffs,] A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Handcuff \Hand"cuff`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handcuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Handcuffing}.] To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. --Hay (1754).