manacle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
    handlock; handcuff; cuff.
  2. verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
    handcuff; cuff.
    • The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime

WordNet

Man"a*cle noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Man"a*cle transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Manacled ; present participle & verbal noun Manacling
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913