Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manicle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-i-cle
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

On armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet.

noun

Obsolete form of manacle.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[Footnotes:] impossible: Gawain clearly considers his pledge to be as binding as an oath. gauntlets: strictly speaking, manicles would in this case be chainmail mittens."
"The sergents, in place of the hauberk, wore a smaller hauberk called a haubergeon without manicles - the attached mail glove - an iron cap in place of the helmet, and nail leggings without foot-protectors (see Contanine, p.69)."
"One implication of “deliverance” is release from the bondage of the mind, nicely summed up by William Blake's “mindforg'd manicles” (102). When the mind is unaware of its enslavement, emancipation is impossible."

Etymology

From Middle English manicle, from Old French manicle (“gauntlet; manacle”). Doublet of manacle and manicule.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: manicle

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

manicles (plural)

Questions

What does manicle mean?: On armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet.
Where does manicle come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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