manacle

(măn'ə-kəl)
n.

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.

tr.v., -cled, -cling, -cles.
To confine or restrain with or as if with manacles; fetter. See synonyms at hamper¹.

[Middle English, from Old French manicle, from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus, hand.]

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noun

Something that physically confines the legs or arms: bond, chain (used in plural), fetter, handcuff (often used in plural), hobble, iron (used in plural), restraint, shackle. Archaic gyve. See free/unfree.

verb

To restrict the activity or free movement of: chain, fetter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, leash, shackle, tie, trammel. Informal hog-tie. See free/unfree, help/harm/harmless.

See words rhyming with "manacle."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - snærende bånd, håndjern, håndlænke
v. tr. - lægge håndjern på, lægge i lænker

Nederlands (Dutch)
handboei, beperking, de handboeien omdoen, vastbinden, vastleggen, belemmeren

Français (French)
n. - menottes, chaîne
v. tr. - enchaîner, passer les menottes à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Handfessel, Kette
v. - Fesseln anlegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χειροπέδη, δεσμά
v. - περνώ χειροπέδες (σε), δένω, αλυσοδένω

Italiano (Italian)
ammanettare, manette

Português (Portuguese)
n. - algemas (f pl)
v. - algemar

Русский (Russian)
надевать наручники, связывать, опутывать, наручники, путы

Español (Spanish)
n. - manillas, esposas
v. tr. - esposar, engrillar, poner las esposas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - handbojor
v. - sätta handbojor på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
手铐, 束缚, 脚镣, 给...上手铐

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 手銬, 束縛, 腳鐐
v. tr. - 給...上手銬, 束縛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수갑, 구속 , 속박
v. tr. - 수갑을 채우다, 속박하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手錠, 束縛
v. - 手錠をかける, 束縛する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كلبشات لتكبيل السجين (فعل) يكبل, يقيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אזיק‬
v. tr. - ‮כבל באזיקים‬

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