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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : man-uh-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn ə kəl



Definition of manacled

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to fetter with manacles," from manacle (n.). Related: Manacled; manacling.
  • As in bonded : adj shackled
  • As in restricted : adj limited
  • As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
  • As in shackle : verb restrain
  • As in tether : verb fasten
  • As in bind : verb fasten, secure
  • As in trammel : verb hamper
  • As in curb : verb repress, restrict
  • As in fetter : verb tie up, hold
Example sentences :
  • He was manacled and guarded as though he were a raving madman.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • I have already said my hands were manacled from the back; so also were Man Sing's.
  • Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • His hands were manacled, his legs also were loaded with chains.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • When the President was manacled and at the mercy of the House they would be satisfied.
  • Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
  • True, he was soon too weak to lift his manacled hands in strife.
  • Extract from : « Shadows of Shasta » by Joaquin Miller
  • The men were manacled together in twos, and sometimes three and four in a group.
  • Extract from : « Ran Away to Sea » by Mayne Reid
  • When we were there he had twelve, all manacled, and reposing on grass mats at night.
  • Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent
  • One by one, the men in the room were manacled, despite their protests.
  • Extract from : « Black Star's Campaign » by Johnston McCulley
  • They were ranged, manacled in pairs, beneath the same tree of sacrifice.
  • Extract from : « The Lily and the Totem » by William Gilmore Simms
  • For this act of contempt he was seized, manacled, and confined in Fort King.
  • Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine

Synonyms for manacled

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