manacle
🇺🇸
/ˈmænəkl/
🇬🇧
/ˈmænəkl/
noun
R
A pair of metal rings connected by a chain used to lock someone's wrists or ankles together.
The prisoner's hands were kept close together by a manacle.
verb
R
To lock someone's wrists or ankles together with a manacle to prevent them from running away.
The guard manacled the thief to a pole in the market square.
translation
A pair of metal rings connected by a chain used to lock someone's wrists or ankles together.
To lock someone's wrists or ankles together with a manacle to prevent them from running away.
Word Forms
3rd Present
manacles
Past
manacled
Perfect
manacled
Progressive
manacling
Plural
manacles