Definitions
Handcuffs are the two lockable linked metal rings for holding a prisoner’s wrists.
Word origin
1775, from hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”).
Used in a sentence
“It was the sergeant who had spoken to me, and he was now looking round at the company, with his handcuffs invitingly extended towards them in his right hand, and his left on my shoulder.”
“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.”
“They complained that their rules of engagement were handcuffs that guaranteed counterproductivity.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Wrist restraints”9 letters
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