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manacle

noun
/ˈmænək(ə)l/UK/ˈmænəkəl/US

Etymology

The 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)). The verb is probably derived from the noun, although according to the Oxford English Dictionary it is attested slightly earlier.

  1. derived from *(s)meh₂-✻ — “to beckon, signal”
  2. derived from manicula — “handle of a plough; manacle”
  3. derived from manicle — “armlet; gauntlet; (in plural) manacles”
  4. derived from manicle
  5. derived from manicle
  6. inherited from manacle

Definitions

  1. A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings

    A 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.

    • And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.
    • If 'gainſt your ſelfe you be incens'd, wee'le put you / (Like one that meanes his proper harme) in Manacles, / Then reaſon ſafely with you: [...]
    • For my ſake weare this [a bracelet], / It is a Manacle of Loue, Ile place it / Vpon this fayreſt Priſoner.

  2. A fetter, a restriction.

  3. To confine with manacles.

    • [C]ome, / Ile manacle thy necke and feete together: / Sea water ſhalt thou drinke: thy food ſhall be / The freſh-brooke Muſſels, wither'd roots, and huskes / Wherein the Acorne cradled.

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Derived

immanacle, manaclelike, pedicle, unmanacle

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA