manacle
noun
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
had manacled
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past perfectof manacle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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While Duty had manacled the queen, the woman had been justified.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Davis Brinton
They had manacled the wrists of her friends, the clergy; but that was all, and she was to have yet another year of respite.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
