Sunday, June 21, 2009

Mm: Manacled


Noun1.manaclemanacle - shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
hamper, shackle, trammel, bond - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Verb1.manacle - confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
fetter, shackle - restrain with fetters



But there was the knife thrower bathed in blood-light, there was the pale victim manacled to the wall; in the shadows the dark woman; and in the glare o the lighting, in the silence, in the very rhythm of the evening, the promise of entering a dark dream. The Knife Thrower - Steven Millhauser

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