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manacle Definition


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manacle
noun
    1. A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist. Compare fetter.
      Thesaurus: handcuff, fetter, shackle, bond; irons, chains.
verb
    manacled, manacling
    1. To handcuff someone; to restrain someone with manacles.
      Thesaurus: bind, chain, fetter, handcuff, shackle, restrain; Antonym: unshackle.
Etymology: 14c: French, from Latin manicula, from manus hand.



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