Dictionary entry

Handcuff

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hand″cuff′ (–kŭf′), n. [AS. handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter. The second part was confused with E. cuffs,] A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; — usually in the plural.