manacle
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined ringsA shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.
» The police officers manacled her to a chair for questioning.
Значение
значений: 2A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.
Handschellen
нару́чникиnarúčniki, кандалы́kandalý, око́выokóvy
наручникиnaručnyky, кайданкиkajdanky
(переносно)A fetter, a restriction.
- shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
Примеры
предложений: 1The police officers manacled her to a chair for questioning.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
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Происхождение
The noun is derived from Middle English manacle, manakelle, manakil, manakyll, manicle, maThe 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; manacle”), from manus (“hand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)) + -cula (from -culus, variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of manicle and manicule.
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