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- Dictionaryman·a·cle/ˈmanəkəl/
noun
- 1. a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles: "the practice of keeping prisoners in manacles"
verb
- 1. fetter (a person or a part of the body) with manacles: "his hands were manacled behind his back"
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The meaning of MANACLE is a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff —usually used in plural. How to use manacle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Manacle.
MANACLE definition: 1. to put manacles around a person's legs or arms: 2. to put manacles around a person's legs or…. Learn more.
noun. 1. (usually plural) a shackle, handcuff, or fetter, used to secure the hands of a prisoner, convict, etc. verb (transitive) 2. to put manacles on. 3. to confine or constrain. Collins English Dictionary.
MANACLE meaning: 1. to put manacles around a person's legs or arms: 2. to put manacles around a person's legs or…. Learn more.
Used as a noun, manacle is a synonym for shackle, meaning "a metal chain or band, used to fasten someone’s hands or ankles together." You’re more likely to see the noun form of this word in its plural form manacles, since — like socks or mittens — a pair is usually required.
1. A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of a set of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by a metal chain. 2. Something that confines or restrains: "caught in the manacles of their language" (Cynthia Ozick). tr.v. man·a·cled, man·a·cling, man·a·cles. 1.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun manacle, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Manacle definition: a shackle for the hand; handcuff.. See examples of MANACLE used in a sentence.
manacle. Manacles are metal devices attached to a prisoner's wrists or legs in order to prevent him or her from moving or escaping. If a prisoner is manacled, their wrists or legs are put in manacles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. His hands were manacled behind his back.
Definitions of 'manacle'. 1. Manacles are metal devices attached to a prisoner's wrists or legs in order to prevent him or her from moving or escaping. [...] 2. If a prisoner is manacled, their wrists or legs are put in manacles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. [...] More.
