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manicle.

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

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

  2. Obsolete form of manacle.

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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