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manicles

manicles is the plural of manicle.

Meaning of manicle

Noun

manicle (plural manicles)

  1. On armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet.
    • [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.2000, Lancelot of the Lake, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 429

Questions about manicles

What is manicles the plural of?
Manicles is the plural of manicle.

Words near manicles in the dictionary

  1. Manichæan
  2. Manichæans
  3. Manichæism
  4. manicky
  5. manicle
  6. manicles
  7. manicole
  8. manicoles
  9. manicoloured
  10. manicot
  11. manicotti

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