manacle
noun
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
unmanacled
-
a word derived from
manacle.
Example Sentences
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Tales of Lynds’s feat—of inducing inmates to build for themselves the largest prison in the land while unmanacled, uncontained by a prison wall—spread across the country and abroad.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
The two men shook hands again; then proudly John Vance stepped into the boat, and unmanacled sat there in the stern sheets.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by James Barnes
"A party accused should be unmanacled when he has a hearing."
From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by George Yellott
His unmanacled hand went up, found her hair, passed slowly over its folds.
From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Achmed Abdullah
So, somewhat reassured by this reflection, the brigand of the preserves was unmanacled, and the whole party, clerk, constables, and prisoner, came up the side and made their appearance on the break of the quarter-deck.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
