manacle
pronunciation
How to pronounce manacle in British English:
UK [ˈmænəkl]
How to pronounce manacle in American English:
US [ˈmænəkəl]
-
- Noun:
- shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
-
- Verb:
- confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
Word Origin
- manacle
- manacle: see manual
- manacle (n.)
- mid-14c., "a fetter for the hand," from Old French manicle "manacles, handcuffs; bracelet; armor for the hands," from Latin manicula "handle," literally "little hand," diminutive of manicae "long sleeves of a tunic, gloves; armlets, gauntlets; handcuffs, manacles," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)). Related: Manacles. In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forged manacles I hear [Blake, "Songs of Experience"]
- manacle (v.)
- c. 1300, "to fetter with manacles," from manacle (n.). Related: Manacled; manacling.
Example
- 1. Mr. sawyer asked for madonna 's reaction to feminist charges that , in the neck manacle and floor-crawling of an earlier video , " express yourself , " she condoned the " degradation " and " humiliation " of women .
- 2. Right 16 big in the economics theory that has innovation sense makes thorough research , have very important sense to casting off doctrinairism to manacle thoroughly .