(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Handcuffs are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone’s wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.
He was led away to jail in ~s.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N
2.
If you ~ someone, you put ~s around their wrists.
They tried to ~ him but, despite his injuries, he fought his way free.
VERB: V n