leg irons

English

Noun

1. A fetter or shackle attached at the ankle.
   • 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:

     Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.

Translations

fetter attached at the ankle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腳鐐／脚镣 (zh) (jiǎoliào), 脚镣 (zh) (jiǎoliào)

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• Finnish: jalkaraudat (fi) pl
• Greek:

  Ancient: πέδη f (pédē)

Anagrams

• Gorsline, resoling, roseling