manacle

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: man=a=cle

CIDE DICTIONARY

manacle, n. [OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove, manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica sleeve, manacle, fr. manus. See Manual.].

 A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.  [1913 Webster]
"Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand."  [1913 Webster]

manacle, 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 powers.  [1913 Webster]
"Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot ?"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

manacle, n. & v.
--n. (usu. in pl.)
1 a fetter or shackle for the hand; a handcuff.
2 a restraint.
--v.tr. fetter with manacles.

Etymology

ME f. OF manicle handcuff f. L manicula dimin. of manus hand

THESAURUS

manacle

Oregon boat, anchor, bilbo, bind, bond, bonds, bracelets, bridle, camisole, chain, chains, check, collar, confine, control, cuff, cuffs, curb, deflate, disarm, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, fetters, gag, gyve, gyves, halter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hopple, hopples, inhibit, irons, knock out, lash, leading strings, leash, make fast, moor, muzzle, paralyze, peg down, picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, prostrate, put in irons, reins, restrain, restraint, restraints, rope, secure, shackle, shackles, silence, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, strangle, stranglehold, strap, tether, throttle, tie, tie down, tie up, trammel, trammels, truss up, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

manacle

Restraint

VB restrain, check, put under restraint, lay under restraint, enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall, restrict, debar, constrain, coerce, curb, control, hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds, hold in leash, hold in leading strings, withhold, keep under, repress, suppress, smother, pull in, rein in, hold, hold fast, keep a tight hand on, prohibit, inhibit, cohibit, enchain, fasten, fetter, shackle, entrammel, bridle, muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot, swathe, swaddle, pin down, tether, picket, tie down, tie up, secure, forge fetters, disable, hamstring (incapacitate), confine, shut up, shut in, clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up, hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in, impound, pen, coop, inclose, cage, incage, encage, close the door upon, cloister, imprison, immure, incarcerate, entomb, clap under hatches, lay under hatches, put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat, throw into prison, cast into prison, put into bilboes, arrest, take up, take charge of, take into custody, take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive, captivate, lead captive, lead into captivity, send to prison, commit to prison, commit, give in charge, give in custody, subjugate.

Prison

N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.