Meaning

noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

originThe noun is derived from Middle English manacle, manakelle, manakil, manakyll, manicle, manikil, manycle, manykil, manykle, from Anglo-Norman manicle, manichle (“gauntlet; handle of a plough; (in plural) manacles”), and Middle French manicle, Old French manicle (“armlet; gauntlet; (in plural) manacles”) (modern French manicle, manique (“gauntlet”)), from Latin manicula (“handle of a plough;…

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