Definition of Handcoff
Hand"cuff` (-kŭf`), n. [AS.
handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter.
The second part was confused with E. cuffs,] A fastening,
consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a
chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the
plural.
Hand"cuff` (hănd"kŭf`), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Handcuffed (-
kŭft`); p. pr. & vb. n. Handcuffing.]
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. Hay (1754).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To apply handcuffs to; to manacle. - Hay (1754)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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