What (who) is Manacle - definition

RESTRAINT DEVICES

Handcuff; Hand cuff; Manacle; Hinged handcuffs; Manacles; Flexcuff; Hand cuffs; Handcuffs gesture; Universal handcuff key; Darbies; Handcuffing

manacle

(manacles, manacling, manacled)

Manacles are metal devices attached to a prisoner's wrists or legs in order to prevent him or her from moving or escaping.

N-COUNT: usu pl

If a prisoner is manacled, their wrists or legs are put in manacles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping.

His hands were manacled behind his back...

He was manacled by the police.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv, be V-ed

Manacle

·noun A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist;

- usually in the plural.

II. Manacle ·vt 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.

manacle

I. n.

Shackle (for the hands), handcuff, hand-fetter.

II. v. a.

Handcuff, shackle.

Shackle, fetter, tie, restrain, confine, bind.

Wikipedia

Handcuffs

Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other. They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain, a hinge, or rigid bar. Each cuff has a rotating arm which engages with a ratchet that prevents it from being opened once closed around a person's wrist. Without the key, the handcuffs cannot be removed without specialist knowledge, and the handcuffed person cannot move their wrists more than a few centimetres or inches apart, making many tasks difficult or impossible.

Handcuffs are frequently used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to prevent suspected criminals from escaping from police custody.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcuffs

Examples of use of Manacle

1. "If the EU retrench even further – and, in effect, manacle Peter Mandelson‘s hands to the table – then the Doha round will fail."