Noun
manacles
plural of manacle
manacles pl (plural only)
manacle
In every cry of every man,In every infant's cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forged manacles I hear. William Blake
She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate. Edith Wharton
For the cold of the pistol-butt and the bullet's heat, For the ropes that choke, the manacles that bind, The huge voice, metal, that lies from a thousand tubes And the stuttering machine-gun that answers all. Stephen Vincent Benét
The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul -- breaking the mental manacles -- getting the brain out of bondage -- giving courage to thought -- filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy. Robert G. Ingersoll
The crate was pulled to the surface and found still to be intact, with the manacles inside. Source: Internet
Great Britain, he charged, "has bound us in commercial manacles, and very nearly defeated the object of our independence." Source: Internet