manacle

synonyms for manacle

Yet Romney happily slid his leg into this manacle, slammed down the padlock, and threw the key into the river.
Michael Tomasky: Obama’s High-Stakes Gamble on Gay Marriage | Michael Tomasky | May 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
So Craddock lay back again with a groan, and continued to work at the manacle which still held his right wrist.
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey | A. Conan Doyle
It was too dear, and silly and pathetic in Christina, but it seemed to manacle her.
The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece | Anne Douglas Sedgwick

But should she clench her dimpled fists,Or contradict her betters, I'd manacle her tiny wristsWith dainty jewelled fetters.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
He went to the door, opened it, and stood studying the gale that beat upon his cottage-front, straight from the manacle Reef.
The Roll-Call Of The Reef | A. T. Quiller-Couch (AKA "Q.")
I, with my handful of broken life, to let you manacle your splendid years to a lump of stone?
August First | Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews and Roy Irving Murray

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