manacle

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.]

(MAN-uh-kul)

noun
1. A shackle for the hand; handcuff.
2. Restraints.

verb tr.
1. To handcuff; fetter.
3. To restrain.

Etymology
Middle English, manicle, from Middle French, from Latin, diminutive of manus, hand.

Usage
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. ... One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity." — Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream, Washington DC, Aug 28, 1963.

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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.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
  Synonyms: handcuffs, handcuff, cuffs, cuff, handlock

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The verb manacle has one meaning:

Meaning #1: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
  Synonyms: cuff, handcuff

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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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