also: てぐさり
handcuffs; manacles
Standard modern term for handcuffs used by police, security, or in metaphorical restraint contexts.
The police officer put handcuffs on the suspect.
He was put into the transport vehicle while still handcuffed.
confinement in chains (Edo-era punishment)
Only when written 手鎖 · Only with reading てぐさり
Historical term for a judicial corporal punishment during the Edo period where the offender was confined with hand chains. Read てぐさり and written 手鎖.
In the Edo period, there was a punishment called 手鎖 (てぐさり).
The police officer put handcuffs on the suspect.
After the interrogation, his handcuffs were removed.
Rare kanji form for handcuffs; also read てぐさり for the historical punishment sense.
Historical reading for the Edo-era punishment; contains irregular kana usage.