shackles

English

Noun

shackles

1. Plural form of shackle
2. Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.

Synonyms

• fetters, manacles

Translations

paired wrist or ankle restraints

• Bulgarian: окови (bg) (okovi) pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手銬 (cmn), 手铐 (cmn) (shǒukào)

• Danish: jern (da)
• Dutch: boeien (nl) f pl
• Esperanto: mankateno (eo)
• Finnish: kahleet (fi) pl, raudat (fi) pl
• French: fers (fr) pl
• German: Handschellen (de)

• Interlingua: ferros pl, manica
• Irish: iarnach (ga) m
• Japanese: 手錠 (ja) (てじょう, tejō)
• Portuguese: algema (pt) m, ferros (pt) m pl
• Russian: наручники (ru) (narúčniki) m pl (wrists only), кандалы (ru) (kandalý) pl, узы (ru) (úzy) pl, оковы (ru) (okóvy) pl
• Spanish: grillete (es) m
• Telugu: సంకెళ్ళు (saMkeLLu), బంధనాలు (baMdhanaalu)
• Turkish: kelepçe (tr)

See also

• handcuffs