manacle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: manacle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for manacle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
manacle 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]:
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. Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. --Ecclus. xxi. 19.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manacle \Man"acle\, 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.