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a bracelet that promises you're going nowhere, ever, by royal decree.
means A metal restraint locked around the wrists to bind a prisoner's hands together.
from From Latin manicula, a diminutive of manus, 'hand' — literally a 'little handlet.' It traveled through Old French (manicle) into Middle English, keeping its grip on that root manus, the same hand you'll find in 'manual,' 'manufacture,' and 'manuscript.' What began as the word for a small handful of fingers became the iron that clasps them shut.
- latin root
- From manus, hand — literally a little hand-clamp.
- medieval combo
- Often paired with leg irons for full immobility.
- escape myth
- Houdini picked them; most prisoners just didn't.
- verb form
- To manacle means to chain or restrain entirely.
for instance
thomas hodgkinson's manacles — iron shackles preserved at pentonville prison museum, used on british convicts in the 1800s
peter parker's web manacles — restraints used in spider-man: homecoming (2017) to bind the vulture