manacles
Example Sentences
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She shot by close to the buoy of the Manacles.
From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.
A fine, bright morning found us outside the harbour, with the Manacles on our starboard bow, steering for the Lizard, which we hoped to round before noon, so as to reach Penzance that evening.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Once, in early days, when Courtenay was a middy an a destroyer, his ship ran ashore on the Manacles.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
"We'll hoist the topsail and make a run for it inside of the Manacles."
From Beggars on Horseback by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
Manacles were put on them all without difficulty, and they soon found themselves securely lodged on board an United States vessel.
