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Definition of Manacles

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. Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. --Ecclus. xxi. 19.
Manacle
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. Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot ? --Arbuthnot.

Meaning of Manacles from wikipedia

- Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other. They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain...
- The Manacles (Cornish: Meyn Eglos, meaning church stones) (grid reference SW820205) are a set of treacherous rocks off The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall...
- Operation Manacle was the name given to a series of British Commando raids during the Second World War. The raids were conducted by Layforce II and ad...
- activities. O'Neill, Dan (29 January 2008). "A Mormon, a beauty queen and manacles..." South Wales Echo. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved...
- The manacled sculpin (Synchirus gilli) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This fish is found...
- common element of these positions, although straps, webbing, chains, hooks, manacles, spreader bars, collars, common furniture, purpose-built frames, various...
- restraining prisoners, as a symbol of power, in the same way that stocks or manacles are used in a Western BDSM context. The word shibari came into common use...
- into handcuffs or wrist manacles (similar to handcuffs, but with a longer length of chain) and leg irons, with both sets of manacles (wrist and ankle) being...
- cangue was used as a general means of restraining prisoners along with manacles and leg chains; this was true particularly of those with grave sentences...
- every Infants cry of fear, In every voice: in every ban, The mind-forg’d manacles I hear How the Chimney-sweepers cry Every blackning Church appalls, And...