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Definition of Manacle

1. Verb. Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs. "They want to manacle the prisoners "; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

2. Noun. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs.

Definition of Manacle

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.

Definition of Manacle

1. Noun. A shackle, consisting of a pair of joined rings, to restrict the free movement of the hands or feet. ¹

2. Noun. Any similar device such as a fetter or handcuffs. ¹

3. Verb. To confine with manacles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manacle

1. to handcuff [v -CLED, -CLING, -CLES] - See also: handcuff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manacle

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Literary usage of Manacle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Cornwall by Cyrus Redding (1842)
"... the eye sweeps over the whole expanse of sea, formed by the point of St. Anthony to the eastward, and manacle Point westward, a glorious bay, ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"8, earlier text ; where the later text has manacle. ... Der. manacle. Temp. i. 2. 461. MANDARIN, a Chinese governor of a province. ..."

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