I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb
1. : to apply handcuffs to : manacle
2. : to restrain especially completely or so as to prevent action by or as if by means of handcuffs
the wording of the present charter would handcuff the present parliament by preventing any revisions — Current History
II. noun
: a metal fastening that can be locked around a wrist and that is usually connected by a chain or bar with another such fastening which can be locked about the other wrist of the same person or the wrist of another person : manacle — usually used in plural and often with pair