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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Manacle

/(măn"ȧ*k'l)/ · Man·a·cle · IPA /ˈmænəkəl/
01 n. A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
  1. 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.
02 v. t. 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…
imp. & p. p. Manacled; p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling
  1. 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.