noun
handcuffs
noun
1
A pair of metal restraints joined together, locked around a person's wrists.
"The suspect was led away in handcuffs."
2
Any restriction that severely limits someone's freedom of action.
"The new rules put handcuffs on what regulators could actually do."
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Etymology
From hand + cuff, first recorded in this form around 1775.