Meaning & use
manacled
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Restrained by having manacles, metal cuffs or chains, fastened around the wrists or ankles.
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The guards led the manacled prisoner down the corridor toward his cell.
She dreamed she was manacled to a wall, unable to move her arms.
A note on using this word
Manacle comes from the Latin word manicula, meaning little hand, which reflects its original focus on restraining the wrists.
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