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▪ I. handcuff, n.|ˈhændkʌf|
Also dial. handycuff.
[f. hand n. + cuff n.1 3 in same sense (of which a single instance is known of 1663).
The first examples of the n. imply that it arose in the north. For connexion with OE. handcops, there is no historical evidence.]
A manacle, or shackle for the hand, consisting of a divided metal ring which is locked round the wrist. Handcuffs are used in pairs, connected by a short chain or jointed bar, so as to fasten the hands of a prisoner together or secure him to the hand of the officer who has him in custody.
1775Ash, Handcuff, an iron instrument to confine the hand. 1808–18Jamieson, Handcuffs, manacles. 1814Scott Wav. xxvii, ‘A rash promise..is not a steel handcuff: it may be shaken off.’ 1818Todd, Handcuff, a manacle, a fetter for the wrist. [No quot.] 1828Craven Dial., Handy-cuffs, handcuffs. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. xii, The Inspector put a pair of handcuffs in his pocket.
▪ II. ˈhandcuff, v.
[f. hand n. + cuff v.2, in same sense.]
trans. To put handcuffs on; to manacle, shackle the hands of.
1720De Foe Capt. Singleton v. (1840) 79 Tied two and two by the wrist, as we handcuff prisoners. 1754W. Hay Ess. Deformity 26 (T.) If he cannot carry an ox, like Milo, he will not, like Milo, be handcuffed in the oak, by attempting to rend it. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 313 To handcuff and fetter your fellow-man.
Hence handcuffed |ˈhændkʌft|, ppl. a., ˈhandcuffing vbl. n.
1784Cowper Tiroc. 819 Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. 1859Jephson Brittany iii. 35, I should like to have the handcuffing of you. |