Hypertext Webster Gateway: "handcuff"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Handcuff \Hand"cuff`\, n. [AS. handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops,
fetter. The second part was confused with E. cuffs,]
A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist,
usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a
manacle; -- usually in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Handcuff \Hand"cuff`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handcuffed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Handcuffing}.]
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. --Hay (1754).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
handcuff
n : shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: {handcuffs},
{cuffs}, {cuff}, {handlock}, {manacle}]
v : confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or
handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the
scene of the crime" [syn: {manacle}, {cuff}]
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