handcuffs
1775, from hand + cuff.
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1775, from hand + cuff.
Possibly influenced by Old English handcops, from hand + cops ("fetter, chains"), but due to lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention.
Noun- (plurale tantum) A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
- 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis ↗", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:
- Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.
- 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis ↗", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:
- French: menottes
- German: Handschellen, Handfesseln
- Italian: manette
- Portuguese: algema
- Russian: нару́чники
- Spanish: esposas, grilletes
- plural form of handcuff
- third-person singular form of handcuff
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