manacle
manacle Lexical Profile
manacle Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles.
"The prisoner was led into the courtroom wearing heavy iron manacles on his wrists."
Anything that serves to constrain, restrain, or strictly limit freedom of action.
"The bureaucratic regulations acted as manacles on the nation's economic growth."
• verb
To fasten someone's hands or ankles with metal chains or shackles.
"The guards were ordered to manacle the rebel before transporting him to the coastal fortress."
To restrict or tightly confine someone's freedom, behavior, or action.
"She refused to be manacled by the rigid conventions and expectations of her aristocratic upbringing."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'manacle', borrowed from Old French 'manicle', which derives from Latin 'manicula' (little hand, handle of a plough), a diminutive of 'manus' (hand).
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