manacle
Prisoner's wrist restraint
A manacle is a metal shackle or restraint for the wrist or ankle, typically used in pairs to bind prisoners: The guards fastened manacles around his wrists.
The word appears more often as a verb meaning to restrain with such devices, or figuratively to restrict severely: manacled by debt, manacled by tradition.
Locking wrist restraints
- fetterAnkle chain for prisoners
- chainLinked segments forming length
- cuffSleeve or trouser terminus
- ironsRestraints or golf clubs
bind · clamp · pinion · hobble · trammel · legcuffs · anklets · restrain
Involuntary subjugation to another
- slaveryOwnership of people
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- subjugationForcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
control · suppression · enslavement · servitude · yoke · chains · captivity · persecution
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- cellBasic unit of life
- captivityState of being confined
incarceration · detention · custody · penitentiary · chains · bondage · confinement · prisoner
handcuffs
Locking wrist restraints
irons · bind · clamp · pinion · hobble · trammel · legcuffs · anklets · restrain · immobilize
bondage
Involuntary subjugation to another
- slaveryOwnership of people
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- subjugationForcing into submission
domination · control · suppression · enslavement · servitude · yoke · chains · captivity · persecution · exploitation
prison
Confinement for offenders
captivity · incarceration · detention · custody · penitentiary · chains · bondage · confinement · prisoner · captive
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- medieval itemssword, mace, flail, dagger, crossbow
- securingfasten, secure, lock up, latch, bolt
- slaverychattel slavery, enslaved, slave, enslavement, slave traders
- fastenersbolt, screw, nail, nut, clip