noun.
A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody.
transitive verb.
To put handcuffs on (a person).
transitive verb.
To restrain or render ineffective. synonym: hobble.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A shackle or fastening for the hand, consisting of a divided metal ring placed about and locked upon the wrist; a manacle.
To manacle; restrain by or as if by placing handcuffs upon the wrists.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
noun.
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.