English-Thai Dictionary

manacle

N กุญแจมือ  ตรวน  โซ่ตรวน  fetter handcuff kum-jea-mue

 

manacle

VT ใส่กุญแจ มือ  ใส่ ตรวน  ตีตรวน  fetter chain handcuff sai-kun-jea-me

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MANACLE

n.[L. manica; from manus, the hand. ] An instrument of iron for fastening the hands; hand-cuffs; shackles. It is generally used in the plural, manacles.

 

MANACLE

v.t.To put on hand-cuffs or other fastening for confining the hands. 1. To shackle; to confine; to restrain the use of the limbs or natural powers.
Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle him hand and foot?

 

MANACLED

pp. Hand-cuffed; shackled.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MANACLE

Man "a *cle, n. Etym: [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. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

MANACLE

Man "a *cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled; p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

manacle

man a cle |ˈmanikəl ˈmænəkəl | ▶noun (usu. manacles ) a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles: the practice of keeping prisoners in manacles. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be manacled ) fetter (a person or a part of the body ) with manacles: his hands were manacled behind his back. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French manicle ‘handcuff, ’ from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus ‘hand. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

manacle

manacle |ˈmanək (ə )l | ▶noun (usu. manacles ) one of two metal bands joined by a chain, for fastening a person's hands or ankles. ▶verb [ with obj. ] confine (a person or part of the body ) with manacles: his hands were manacled behind his back. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French manicle ‘handcuff ’, from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus ‘hand ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

manacle

manacle verb the unruly inmates were manacled to the bars in the cell: shackle, fetter, chain, put /clap in irons, handcuff, restrain; secure; informal cuff.

 

manacles

manacles plural noun he claimed there were no manacles that could hold him: handcuffs, shackles, chains, irons, fetters, restraints, bonds; informal cuffs, bracelets.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

manacle

manacle verb Bosley and Hughes knelt on him and manacled his hands behind his back: shackle, fetter, chain, chain up, put in chains, put /clap in irons, handcuff, restrain; tie, secure; informal cuff.

 

manacles

manacles plural noun the soldiers were already putting manacles around Rachel's wrists: handcuffs, shackles, chains, irons, fetters, restraints, bonds; informal cuffs, bracelets; archaic darbies, gyves.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

manacle

man a cle /mǽnək (ə )l /名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗手錠, 手かせ ; 足かせ .動詞 他動詞 〖通例be ～d 〗手錠 [手かせ, 足かせ ]をされる .