Manicle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Manicle is a noun meaning On armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet.
Meaning
On armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet.
More Meanings
- Obsolete form of manacle.
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.
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.
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).
Word Forms
- manicles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gauntlet, manacle, manacles, cuissard, manchette, gardebras.
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