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.
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Manacle
//ˈmænək(ə)l//
Synonyms for "manacle" (90 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 31 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qandal noun (shackle for the wrist)
Basque
1 entries- esku lota noun (shackle for the wrist)
Bulgarian
1 entries- белезници noun (shackle for the wrist)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 手銬 /手铐 noun (shackle for the wrist)
Danish
2 entries- håndjern noun (shackle for the wrist)
- sætte håndjern på (nogen) verb (to confine with manacles)
Dutch
1 entries- handboeien noun (shackle for the wrist)
Esperanto
1 entries- mankateno noun (shackle for the wrist)
Finnish
1 entries- kahle noun (shackle for the wrist)
Georgian
1 entries- ხელბორკილი noun (shackle for the wrist)
German
1 entries- Handschellen noun (shackle for the wrist)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 noun (shackle for the wrist)
Greek
2 entries- χειροπέδες noun (shackle for the wrist)
- χειροπέδη noun (shackle for the wrist)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hao hoʻopaʻa lima noun (shackle for the wrist)
Hungarian
2 entries- bilincs noun (shackle for the wrist)
- megbilincsel verb (to confine with manacles)
Icelandic
1 entries- handjárn noun (shackle for the wrist)
Ido
1 entries- manoto noun (shackle for the wrist)
Interlingua
1 entries- manica noun (shackle for the wrist)
Italian
1 entries- manette noun (shackle for the wrist)
Japanese
1 entries- 手錠 noun (shackle for the wrist)
Latin
1 entries- manicae noun (shackle for the wrist)
Polish
3 entries- kajdanki noun (shackle for the wrist)
- zakuwać verb (to confine with manacles)
- zakuć verb (to confine with manacles)
Portuguese
1 entries- algema noun (shackle for the wrist)
Romanian
2 entries- cătușe noun (shackle for the wrist)
- încătușa verb (to confine with manacles)
Russian
4 entries- кандалы́ noun (shackle for the wrist)
- нару́чники noun (shackle for the wrist)
- око́вы noun (shackle for the wrist)
- заковывать verb (to confine with manacles)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- làmh-ghlais verb (to confine with manacles)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lisice noun (shackle for the wrist)
- лисице noun (shackle for the wrist)
Spanish
3 entries- esposas noun (shackle for the wrist)
- manillas noun (shackle for the wrist)
- esposar verb (to confine with manacles)
Swedish
3 entries- handbojor noun (shackle for the wrist)
- handklovar noun (shackle for the wrist)
- sätta handbojor på (någon) verb (to confine with manacles)
Turkish
1 entries- kelepçe noun (shackle for the wrist)
Turkmen
1 entries- gandal noun (shackle for the wrist)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кайданки noun (shackle for the wrist)
- наручники noun (shackle for the wrist)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
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: [...]
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For my ſake weare this [a bracelet], / It is a Manacle of Loue, Ile place it / Vpon this fayreſt Priſoner.
Source: wiktionary
"If you will go quietly with us we will employ no force," said the man in uniform; "otherwise we must use these;" and Haldane shuddered as light steel manacles were produced.
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