manacle
noun
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
manacling
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present participleof manacle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Where is their evidence that manacling our language to past usage is at all helpful or necessary?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2010
Is it possible that the gyves he had thought to have cast off for ever are here, manacling him again as soon as he tries to make one free step?
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
Before this conception we might well shudder, for its irons are secretly manacling our own limbs.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
The manacling of Mr. Davis delayed the work of reconstruction for years, and did much to restore the feeling of sectional hatred which fair fighting had overcome.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore
Flashing his torch round, Tom noticed that the flooring had been worn and chipped away, no doubt in the process of manacling, and scattered about there was a large quantity of loose particles of brick.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Herbert Strang
